SB-1224, As Passed Senate, June 17, 2004                                    

SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 1224

                                                                             A bill to amend 1988 PA 440, entitled                                             

"Asbestos workers accreditation act,"                                       

by amending sections 11 and 14 (MCL 338.3411 and 338.3414), as              

amended by 1998 PA 133.                                                     

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1       Sec. 11.  (1) A person desiring to sponsor a training course                

2   or refresher training course for those disciplines required to be           

3   accredited under this act may apply for department approval on              

4   forms supplied by the department.  The department shall approve a           

5   training course or a refresher training course that meets the               

6   requirements for the course as prescribed by section 6.                     

7       (2) An applicant desiring to sponsor a training course shall                

8   submit for each course all of the following information and fees            

9   to the department:                                                          

10      (a) The course sponsor's name, address, and telephone                       

1   number.                                                                     

2       (b) A list of any states that currently approve the training                

3   course, including information as to whether the training course             

4   has been approved by the United States environmental protection             

5   agency.                                                                     

6       (c) The course curriculum.                                                  

7       (d) A letter from the training course sponsor clearly                       

8   indicating compliance of the course with the requirements of this           

9   act for all of the following:                                               

10                                                                               (i) The length of training in days.                                                 

11      (ii) The amount and type of hands-on training.                               

12      (iii) The length, format, and passing score of the                           

13  examination.                                                                

14      (iv) The topics covered in the course.                                       

15      (e) A copy of all course materials, including student                       

16  manuals, instructor notebooks, handouts, and all other materials            

17  that the department may request.                                            

18      (f) A detailed statement about the development of the                       

19  examination used in the course.                                             

20      (g) The names and qualifications of course instructors.                     

21      (h) A description and example of the certificate of                         

22  successful course completion issued to students who attend the              

23  course and pass the examination that satisfies the requirements             

24  of the asbestos model accreditation plan.                                   

25      (i) An initial application fee of $400.00 and, after the                    

26  initial year, an annual renewal fee of $200.00.  If the                     

27  application is for renewal, the application and annual fee shall            

1   be submitted not earlier than 90 days before the course expires             

2   but not later than 30 days before the course expires.  An                   

3   application for renewal that is submitted later than the time               

4   period specified in this subdivision shall be treated by the                

5   director as an initial application for course renewal  ,  and               

6   shall require payment of the initial application fee, rather than           

7   the renewal fee.                                                            

8       (3) An applicant desiring to sponsor a refresher training                   

9   course in a discipline required to be accredited under this act             

10  shall supply all of the following information to the department:            

11      (a) The length of training.                                                 

12      (b) The topics covered in the course.                                       

13      (c) A copy of all course materials.                                         

14      (d) The names and qualifications of course instructors.                     

15      (e) A description and an example of the certificate of                      

16  successful completion of the training course that satisfies the             

17  requirements of the asbestos model accreditation plan.                      

18      (4) Within 60 calendar days after receipt of the appropriate                

19  fee and a  complete completed application from a person desiring           

20  to sponsor training courses as specified in this section, the               

21  department shall make a determination as to the approval or                 

22  denial of the application and shall notify the applicant in                 

23  writing of its determination.  Receipt of the application is                

24  considered the date the application is received by any agency or            

25  department of the state of Michigan.

26      (5) The instructor of a course offered under this section                   

27  shall have academic credentials or field experience, or both, in            

1   asbestos abatement.                                                         

2   (6) Beginning the effective date of the amendatory act that                 

3   added this subsection, the department shall issue an initial or             

4   renewal license within the time period prescribed by subsection             

5   (4).  If the application is considered incomplete by the                    

6   department, the department shall notify the applicant in writing,           

7   or make the information electronically available, within 15 days            

8   after receipt of the incomplete application, describing the                 

9   deficiency and requesting the additional information.  The 60-day           

10  period described in subsection (4) is tolled upon notification by           

11  the department of a deficiency until the date the requested                 

12  information is received by the department.  The determination of            

13  the completeness of an application does not operate as an                   

14  approval of the application for the license and does not confer             

15  eligibility of an applicant determined otherwise ineligible for             

16  issuance of a license.                                                      

17      (7) If the department fails to issue or deny a license within               

18  the time required by subsection (4), the department shall return            

19  the license fee and shall reduce the license fee for the                    

20  applicant's next renewal application, if any, by 15%.  The                  

21  failure to issue a license within the time required under this              

22  section does not allow the department to otherwise delay the                

23  processing of the application, and that application, upon                   

24  completion, shall be placed in sequence with other completed                

25  applications received at that same time.  The department shall              

26  not discriminate against an applicant in the processing of the              

27  application based upon the fact that the license fee was refunded           

Senate Bill No. 1224 as amended June 16, 2004                               

1   or discounted under this subsection.                                        

2       (8) Beginning October 1, 2005, the director of the department               

3   shall submit a report by December 1 of each year to the standing            

4   committees and appropriations subcommittees of the senate and               

5   house of representatives concerned with occupational issues.  The           

6   director shall include all of the following information in the              

7   report concerning the preceding fiscal year:                                

8       (a) The number of initial and renewal applications the                      

9   department received and completed within the 60-day time period             

10  described in subsection (4).                                                

11      (b) The number of applications denied.                                      

12      (c) The number of applicants not issued a license within the                

13  <<60-day>> time period and the amount of money returned to licensees        

14  and registrants under subsection (7).                                       

15      (9) As used in this section, "completed application" means an               

16  application complete on its face and submitted with any                     

17  applicable licensing fees as well as any other information,                 

18  records, approval, security, or similar item required by law or             

19  rule from a local unit of government, a federal agency, or a                

20  private entity but not from another department or agency of the             

21  state of Michigan.

22      Sec. 14.  (1) A person desiring accreditation or                            

23  reaccreditation from the director under section 13 shall submit             

24  to the department an application for accreditation or                       

25  reaccreditation on forms provided by the department.  The                   

26  applicant shall include, with the application, payment of the               

27  annual fee designated in subsection (3), subject to any refund or           

1   discount prescribed under section 11(7).                                    

2       (2) If the application is for reaccreditation, the                          

3   application and annual fee shall be submitted not earlier than 90           

4   days before the accreditation expires but not later than 30 days            

5   before the accreditation expires.  An application for                       

6   reaccreditation that is submitted later than the time period                

7   specified in this subsection shall be treated by the director as            

8   an initial application for accreditation, and shall require                 

9   payment of the accreditation fee, rather than the reaccreditation           

10  fee.                                                                        

11      (3) The fee schedule for accreditation or reaccreditation is                

12  as follows:                                                                 

13                                     Accreditation  Reaccreditation           

14    (a) Asbestos inspectors             $150.00           $75.00              

15    (b) Asbestos management planners    $150.00           $75.00              

16    (c) Asbestos abatement project                                            

17           designers                    $150.00           $75.00              

18    (d) Asbestos abatement                                                    

19           contractors and                                                    

20           supervisors                    $50.00          $25.00              

21    (e) Asbestos abatement workers        $50.00          $25.00              

22      (4) Failure to submit the annual fee as part of the                         

23  application for accreditation constitutes just cause for the                

24  director to deny issuance to a person of a certificate of                   

25  accreditation or reaccreditation under section 13.                          

26      (5) All fees collected by the department under subsection (1)               

1   shall be deposited in the asbestos abatement fund created in                

2   section 220 of the asbestos abatement contractors licensing act,            

3   1986 PA 135, MCL 338.3220.