HARRY HUGHES, Governor                               2619

FOR the purpose of defining certain terms; providing for and
requiring the issuance of a license by the Department
in order to engage in the encapsulation or removal of
asbestos; providing for the encapsulation or removal of
asbestos; providing for the expiration and renewal of
certain licenses; providing for the maintenance of
certain records by certain individuals; providing that
the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene shall adopt
certain rules and regulations by a certain date;
providing that asbestos may not be removed without a
license; providing for the waiver of the licensure
requirements under certain conditions; providing a
hearing mechanism; providing that the Department of
Health and Mental Hygiene may reprimand any licensee,
or suspend or revoke any license under certain
conditions; providing that the Department shall adhere
to the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act
in implementing the provisions of this Act; providing
certain civil and criminal penalties and generally
relating to the licensure and removal or encapsulation
of asbestos.

BY adding to

Article 43 - Health

Section 810A

Annotated Code of Maryland

71980 Replacement Volume and 1980 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 43 - Health

810A.

(A)  THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS THAT:

(1)  EXPOSURE TO ASBESTOS, A KNOWN CARCINOGENIC
AGENT, CREATES A SIGNIFICANT HEALTH HAZARD TO MARYLAND
CITIZENS;

(2)  THE INCREASING NUMBER OF PROJECTS TO REMOVE
THIS HAZARD HAS EXPOSED ASBESTOS REMOVERS TO THIS HAZARD;
AND

(3)  IT IS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST TO PROTECT
ASBESTOS REMOVERS FROM THIS HAZARD BY REQUIRING ADHERENCE TO
STRICT SAFETY STANDARDS ON ASBESTOS REMOVAL PROJECTS.

(B) (1) IN THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE
MEANINGS INDICATED.