{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-18.31.200","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 18.31.200","heading":"Certification programs.","body":"(a) The Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall\n(1) establish guidelines for employee training certification programs, including respiratory and competency tests to be completed successfully, to ensure that a person who is employed to abate asbestos health hazards is trained to do the work safely and is informed about the danger of working with asbestos;\n(2) review certification programs proposed by contractors, labor organizations, public and private vocational training programs, and others for persons who will be employed to abate asbestos health hazards;\n(3) approve proposed certification programs that meet the department's guidelines under this subsection;\n(4) assist in meeting the certification guidelines those whose certification program proposals have been found unacceptable.\n(b) Before a contractor may undertake work to abate an asbestos related health hazard, the contractor shall\n(1) propose to the Department of Labor and Workforce Development a plan for the certification of its employees as adequately trained to handle asbestos in a safe and knowledgeable way;\n(2) receive approval from the department of that plan; and\n(3) certify that each person who will work on the abatement of an asbestos health hazard is adequately trained to handle asbestos in a safe and knowledgeable way.\n(c) A person may not be employed to abate an asbestos health hazard unless the person has been certified in a program approved by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development under (a) of this section.\n(d) A contractor who violates (b) or (c) of this section is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000, as determined by the commissioner of labor and workforce development.\n(e) A contractor who violates (b) of this section is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.\n(f) A contractor who violates (c) of this section is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.\n(g) The Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall adopt by regulation a fee schedule for\n(1) review, approval, and certification of asbestos training certification programs and plans under this section; and\n(2) certification of a person employed to abate an asbestos health hazard.","path":["Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender.","Chapter 31. Asbestos.","Article 2. Certification of Asbestos Workers."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#18.31.200","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:17:20Z","sha256":"bf5a036ff61b73fc02021e27e1e53bd77678158e5cd6fe5e69379845cabd0583","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-18.31.050","next":"us-ak/as-18.31.250"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}