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...As used in this chapter: (A) "Asbestos" means the asbestiform varieties of serpentine (chrysotile), riebeckite (crocidolite), cummingtonite-grunerite, anthophylite, and actinolite-tremolite as determined using the method specified in 40 C.F.R. Part 763, Subpart E, Appendix E, Section 1, Polarized Light Microscopy (PLM). (B) "Asbestos hazard abatement activity" means any activity involving the removal, renovation,...

...(A) In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the director of environmental protection shall, as the director determines necessary, adopt rules to carry out this chapter. The rules shall include all of the following: (1) Criteria and procedures for the certification of asbestos hazard abatement specialists, asbestos hazard evaluation specialists, asbestos hazard abatement workers, asbestos hazard abatemen...

...All evaluations for the purpose of assessing the health hazards associated with the presence of friable asbestos materials in order to determine the need for an asbestos hazard abatement project shall be conducted by an asbestos hazard evaluation specialist certified pursuant to the requirements of Chapter 3710. of the Revised Code.

...(A) To qualify for an asbestos hazard abatement contractor's license, a business entity or public entity shall meet the requirements of this section. (B) Each employee or agent of the business entity or public entity applying for a license who will come in contact with asbestos or will be responsible for an asbestos hazard abatement activity shall: (1) Be familiar with all applicable state and federal standards f...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no person shall engage in any asbestos hazard abatement activities in this state unless licensed or certified pursuant to this chapter. (B) To apply for licensure as an asbestos hazard abatement contractor or certification as an asbestos hazard abatement specialist, an asbestos hazard evaluation specialist, an asbestos hazard abatement project designer, or an asbest...

...No asbestos hazard abatement contractor shall enter into an agreement to perform any aspect of an asbestos hazard abatement project unless the agreement is written and contains at least all of the following: (A) A requirement that all persons working on the project are licensed or certified by the director of environmental protection as required by this chapter; (B) A requirement that all project clearance levels...

... (A) Within fifteen business days after receiving an application, the director of environmental protection shall acknowledge receipt of the application and notify the applicant of any deficiency in the application. Within sixty calendar days after receiving a completed application, including all additional information requested by the director, the director shall issue a license or certificate or deny the application...

... (A) Prior to engaging in any asbestos hazard abatement project, an asbestos hazard abatement contractor shall do all of the following: (1) Prepare a written respiratory protection program as defined by the director of environmental protection pursuant to rule, and make the program available to the environmental protection agency, and workers at the job site if the contractor is a public entity or prepare a writte...

...(A) An asbestos hazard abatement contractor engaging in any asbestos hazard abatement project shall, during the course of the project: (1) Conduct each project in a manner that is in compliance with the requirements the director of environmental protection adopts pursuant to section 3704.03 of the Revised Code and the asbestos requirements of the United States occupational safety and health administration set forth...

...(A) As a means of protecting the public, each asbestos hazard abatement contractor licensed under this chapter shall maintain records of all asbestos hazard abatement projects which the contractor performs and make these records available to the the director of environmental protection upon request. The licensee shall maintain the records for at least thirty years. (B) The records required by this section shall incl...

...(A) No person other than the director of environmental protection shall conduct or offer to conduct any initial or review training course or examination required by this chapter unless that person is approved to sponsor the courses and examinations under this section. In conducting any such course or examination, the director and the approved person shall administer the courses and examinations according to the Unite...

...Persons licensed, certified, or otherwise approved under the laws of another state to perform functions substantially similar to those of an asbestos hazard abatement contractor, asbestos hazard abatement specialist, asbestos hazard evaluation specialist, asbestos hazard abatement project designer, or asbestos hazard abatement air-monitoring technician, may apply to the director of environmental protection for licens...

...Subject to section 3710.13 of the Revised Code, the director of environmental protection may deny, suspend, or revoke any license or certificate, or renewal thereof, if the licensee or certificate holder: (A) Fraudulently or deceptively obtains or attempts to obtain a license or certificate; (B) Fails at any time to meet the qualifications for a license or certificate; (C) Is violating or threatening to violate...

...(A) Before the director of environmental protection takes any action under section 3710.12 of the Revised Code, the director shall give the license applicant, licensee, or certificate holder against whom action is contemplated an opportunity for a hearing. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the director shall give notice and hold the hearing in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (B) The di...

...(A) At the request of the director of environmental protection, the attorney general may commence a civil action for civil penalties and injunctions, in a court of common pleas, against any person who has violated, is violating, or is threatening to violate this chapter, any rule adopted under this chapter, or any license or certificate issued under this chapter. (B) The court of common pleas in which an action for ...

...All civil and criminal penalties ordered pursuant to this chapter and paid as provided in the chapter, and all fees and other moneys collected pursuant to the chapter, shall be deposited in the non-title V clean air fund created in section 3704.035 of the Revised Code.

...The provisions of this chapter shall not limit the administration and enforcement of the provisions set forth in Chapter 3704. of the Revised Code.

...(A) Where any person is certified or licensed by the director of environmental protection to engage in asbestos hazard abatement or evaluation activity pursuant to this chapter, the liability of that person when performing such activity in accordance with procedures established pursuant to state or federal law for an injury to any individual or property caused or related to this activity shall be limited to acts or o...

...This chapter does not apply to an electric light company, or the full-time employees of the electric light company, if the electric light company and the full-time employees of the electric light company are otherwise required to comply with all applicable standards of the United States environmental protection agency and the United States occupational safety and health administration, and if the electric light compa...

...On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the director of environmental protection shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a license or certificate issued pursuant to this chapter.

...(A) At the request of the director of environmental protection, a prosecuting attorney, city director of law, or similar chief legal officer may commence a criminal action, in a court of this state, against any person who violates any provision of this chapter, any rule adopted under this chapter, any license or certificate issued under this chapter, or any order issued pursuant to this chapter. (B) Upon conviction,...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Board of health" means a board of health of a city or general health district or the authority having the duties of a board of health under section 3709.05 of the Revised Code. (B) "Maternity home" means a facility for pregnant girls and women where accommodations, medical care, and social services are provided during the prenatal and postpartal periods. "Maternity home" does not inc...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, no person shall operate a maternity home unless the person holds the appropriate license issued under this chapter and the license is valid. (B) Division (A) of this section does not apply to a health care facility, as defined in section 3702.30 of the Revised Code.

...Each person seeking to operate a maternity home shall apply to the director of health for a license under this chapter. The application shall be submitted in the form and manner prescribed by the director in rules adopted under section 3711.12 of the Revised Code.

...(A) The director of health shall review all applications received under section 3711.04 of the Revised Code. On receipt of a complete application, the director shall send a copy of the application to the board of health of the city or general health district in which the maternity home is to be operated. Unless the board finds that an applicant is not in compliance with an applicable health regulation adopted by th...