Michigan Laws 338.3305 – Investigation; grounds for denying, suspending, or revoking license; applicability
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(1) The department, in its own discretion, upon a recommendation by the board, or upon the written complaint of an aggrieved party or of a state agency or political subdivision, may investigate the acts of an asbestos abatement contractor under this act. After an investigation, the department may deny, suspend, or revoke a license issued under this act if an asbestos abatement contractor is found to be not in compliance with this act or the rules promulgated under this act. In addition, the department may deny, suspend, or revoke a license for any of the following:
(a) A willful or negligent act that causes any person to be exposed to asbestos in violation of this act, a rule promulgated under this act, or other state or federal law pertaining to the public health and safety aspects of asbestos demolition, renovation, and encapsulation.
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 338.3305
- Asbestos: means a group of naturally occurring minerals that separate into fibers, including chrysotile, amosite, crocidolite, anthophyllite, tremolite, and actinolite. See Michigan Laws 338.3103
- Asbestos abatement contractor: means a business entity that is licensed under this act and that carries on the business of asbestos abatement on the premises of another business entity and not on the asbestos abatement contractor's premises. See Michigan Laws 338.3103
- Asbestos abatement project: means any activity involving persons working directly with the demolition, renovation, or encapsulation of friable asbestos materials. See Michigan Laws 338.3103
- Board: means the asbestos abatement contractors licensing board created in section 201. See Michigan Laws 338.3103
- Business entity: means a person, partnership, firm, association, corporation, sole proprietorship, public or private agency, or other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 338.3103
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Demolition: means the razing or taking out of any load-supporting structural member and any related removing or stripping of friable asbestos materials. See Michigan Laws 338.3103
- Department: means the department of consumer and industry services. See Michigan Laws 338.3103
- License: means an authorization issued by the department upon recommendation by the board for demolition, renovation, encapsulation, or removal of asbestos. See Michigan Laws 338.3103
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
- Renovation: means the removal or stripping of friable asbestos materials used on any pipe, duct, boiler, tank, reactor, turbine, furnace, or structural member. See Michigan Laws 338.3103
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
(b) Falsification of records.
(c) Continued failure to obtain or renew a license.
(d) Deliberate misrepresentation of an act in applying for a license.
(e) Permitting any person who has not received the proper training and certification under state or federal law to come in contact with asbestos or be responsible for an asbestos abatement project.
(2) If the license of a business entity is denied, suspended, or revoked under this act, the denial, suspension, or revocation applies to each partner, trustee, director, officer, or person exercising control of the business entity.