N.Y. Labor Law § 905: Training and education

§ 905. Training and education. 1. The commissioner of health shall

have authority to approve asbestos safety programs and shall maintain a

list of approved programs which shall be made available to license

applicants, certificate applicants and other interested parties upon

request. The commissioner of health shall promulgate rules and

regulations setting forth the criteria for approval of such programs,

the procedures to be followed in applying for such approval and any

other rules or regulations as shall be necessary and proper to

effectuate the purposes of this section and to comply with the

requirements of the Federal Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act and

any other applicable federal standards.

2. (a) The commissioner of health shall assess a fee of no more than

fifty dollars for each asbestos safety program completion certificate

requested by the training sponsor for each full asbestos safety program

and a fee of no more than thirty dollars for each asbestos safety

program completion certificate requested by the training sponsor for

each refresher training asbestos safety program, provided, however, that

in no event shall the cost of such certificates be assessed by the

sponsor against the participants.

(b) There shall be established within the special revenue fund-other

an asbestos safety program account. All fees assessed and collected

pursuant to the provisions of this subdivision shall be paid and

deposited into the asbestos safety program account established by this

paragraph for the purposes of offsetting the costs incurred by the

commissioner of health for the administration of asbestos safety

programs.