WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 130
[(d)] (P) (G) "Public unit" includes:

(1) Any agency, bureau, department, or instrumentality of State
government that is not subject to executive order 01.01.1983.9.;

(2) Any agency, bureau, department, or instrumentality of federal or local
government;

(3) Educational institutions that are not subject to executive order
01.01.1983.09.; and

(4) Any public, quasi-public, or municipal corporation.

(G) (H) "SCHOOL" MEANS ANY ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY
SCHOOL AS DEFINED IN SECTION 198 OF THE ELEMENTARY AND
SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF 1965, 20 U.S.C. 2854.

6-417.

(A) (1) UNLESS THE INDIVIDUAL IS ACCREDITED BY THE
DEPARTMENT, AN INDIVIDUAL MAY NOT ENGAGE IN AN ASBESTOS
OCCUPATION.

(2) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ACCREDIT AN INDIVIDUAL
UPON SUBMITTAL OF PROOF TO THE DEPARTMENT THAT THE
INDIVIDUAL HAS:

(I) SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED AND PASSED A TRAINING
PROGRAM AND ANY REQUIRED REFRESHER PROGRAM APPROVED BY
THE DEPARTMENT;

(II) SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED AND PASSED A TRAINING
PROGRAM AND ANY REQUIRED REFRESHER PROGRAM APPROVED BY
THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; OR

(III) ACQUIRED AND MAINTAINED CURRENT
ACCREDITATION FROM AN EPA-APPROVED STATE ACCREDITATION
PLAN OF ANOTHER STATE.

(3) THE DEPARTMENT MAY ACCEPT AS PROOF OF
ACCREDITATION A CERTIFICATE SHOWING SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION
OF ANY APPROVED TRAINING PROGRAM AND ANY REQUIRED
REFRESHER PROGRAM OR BY PROOF OF NATIONAL REGISTRATION
WITH THE NATIONAL ASBESTOS COUNCIL'S AHERA STATE
CERTIFICATION RECIPROCITY REGISTRATION PROGRAM.

(B) (1) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ADOPT REGULATIONS
ESTABLISHING STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES THAT ARE CONSISTENT
WITH FEDERAL LAW FOR THE ACCREDITATION OF ASBESTOS
OCCUPATIONS.

(2) THE REGULATIONS SHALL INCLUDE STANDARDS FOR:

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