Terms Used In Florida Statutes > Chapter 570 > Part V - Penalties

• Abatement: means the removal, encapsulation, enclosure, or disposal of asbestos. See Florida Statutes 469.001
• Asbestos: means the asbestiform varieties of chrysotile, crocidolite, amosite, anthophyllite, tremolite, and actinolite. See Florida Statutes 469.001
• Department: means the Department of Business and Professional Regulation. See Florida Statutes 469.001
• Department: means the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. See Florida Statutes 570.02
• Onsite supervisor: means a person who works under the direction of a licensed asbestos contractor and provides supervision of abatement activities at the abatement project site at all times when such activities are being performed. See Florida Statutes 469.001
• person: includes individuals, children, firms, associations, joint adventures, partnerships, estates, trusts, business trusts, syndicates, fiduciaries, corporations, and all other groups or combinations. See Florida Statutes 1.01