§ 1752 - Accreditation of training programs; certification and licensure of environmental lead inspectors and lead contractors, supervisors and workers - Vermont Statutes

§ 1752. Accreditation of training programs; certification and licensure of environmental lead inspectors and lead contractors, supervisors and workers

(a) No later than six months after promulgation of final federal regulations under section 402 of the Federal Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq.), the department shall develop a program to administer and enforce the lead-based paint activities training and certification standards, regulations, or other requirements established by the administrator of the federal Environmental Protection Agency for persons engaged in lead-based paint activities.

(b) The secretary shall adopt emergency rules, and not later than January 1, 1994, the secretary shall adopt permanent rules, establishing standards and specifications for the accreditation of training programs both within and outside Vermont, including the mandatory topics of instruction, the knowledge and performance standards that must be demonstrated by graduates in order to be certified, and required qualifications for training programs and instructors. Such standards shall be designed to protect children, their families, and workers from improperly-conducted lead-based paint activities, and shall be at least as protective of human health and the environment as the federal program. Hands-on instruction and instruction for identification and proper handling of historic fabric and materials shall be components of the required training.

(c) The commissioner shall certify risk assessors, designers, laboratories, inspectors, lead-safe renovation contractors, lead contractors, supervisors, abatement workers, and other persons engaged in lead-based paint activities when such persons have successfully completed an accredited training program and met such other requirements as the secretary may, by rule, impose.

(d) After the adoption of rules pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, no person shall perform lead-based paint activities without first obtaining a license from the commissioner. The commissioner may grant a license to a person who holds a valid license from another state.

(e) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit the authority of the secretary, the commissioner of health, the commissioner of labor, or the commissioner of environmental conservation under the provisions of any other law. (Added 1993, No. 94, § 3; amended 2005, No. 103 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 5, 2006; 2007, No. 76, § 11a.)