N.Y. Labor Law § 902: Licensing and certification requirements

§ 902. Licensing and certification requirements. 1. It shall be

unlawful for any contractor to engage in an asbestos project unless such

contractor has a valid asbestos handling license issued by the

commissioner. Such license will not be issued without evidence of

successful completion by the contractor, or a supervisor designated to

act as the contractor's agent, of an approved asbestos safety program

which is, at the least, equivalent to the U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency Model Accreditation Plan (40 CFR Part 763) and the submission of

any additional information which the commissioner may require.

2. A copy of a valid asbestos handling license or other proof of the

issuance of a valid asbestos handling license granted to the contractor

who will be undertaking the asbestos project must be submitted by the

bidder in a form acceptable to the commissioner prior to the award of

any public works contract all or part of which involves an asbestos

project.

3. A copy of a valid asbestos handling license must be conspicuously

displayed at the work site on an asbestos project.

4. It shall be unlawful for any contractor to engage in or to permit a

person employed by the contractor, including but not limited to

handlers, project designers, inspectors and management planners, to

engage in work on an asbestos project or to supervise persons engaging

in work on an asbestos project unless each such person and supervisor

has a valid asbestos handling certificate. Such certificate will not be

issued without evidence of successful completion by each such person of

an approved asbestos safety program and the submission of any additional

information which the commissioner may require.

5. Any person employed on an asbestos project or the supervisor of any

person engaged in work on an asbestos project or any other person who is

otherwise required by law or regulation to obtain an asbestos handler's

certificate shall have in his or her possession at all times during the

work on the project a copy of the asbestos handling certificate issued

to the person by the commissioner.