(a) The Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall

Attorney's Note

Under the Alaska Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class A misdemeanorup to 1 yearup to $25,000
Class B misdemeanorup to 90 daysup to $2,000
For details, see Alaska Stat. § 12.55.135
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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 18.31.200

  • person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(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;
(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;
(3) approve proposed certification programs that meet the department’s guidelines under this subsection;
(4) assist in meeting the certification guidelines those whose certification program proposals have been found unacceptable.
(b) Before a contractor may undertake work to abate an asbestos related health hazard, the contractor shall

(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;
(2) receive approval from the department of that plan; and
(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.
(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.
(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.
(e) A contractor who violates (b) of this section is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
(f) A contractor who violates (c) of this section is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
(g) The Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall adopt by regulation a fee schedule for

(1) review, approval, and certification of asbestos training certification programs and plans under this section; and
(2) certification of a person employed to abate an asbestos health hazard.
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