A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT allowing certain nonaccredited persons to provide training to their employees and contractors on the handling, removal, and remediation of asbestos.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 130A‑447(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	No person shall commence or continue to perform asbestos management activities unless he has been accredited by the Department. Except as provided in G.S. 130A‑447.1, no person shall commence or continue to provide asbestos related training courses unless the course has been approved by the Department. The Commission shall adopt rules governing the accreditation of persons performing asbestos management activities and the approval of training courses. Such rules shall include categories of accreditation and shall specify appropriate education, experience, and training requirements. The rules shall establish separate categories of accreditation for inspectors, management planners, abatement designers, supervisors, workers, air monitors, and supervising air monitors. These rules shall be at least as stringent as the accreditation plan required under AHERA and regulations adopted pursuant thereto."
SECTION 2.  Article 19 of Chapter 130A of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 130A‑447.1.  Training by nonaccredited persons.
Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 130A‑447, the Department shall allow a nonaccredited person to provide training to the person's employees and contractors on the handling, removal, and remediation of asbestos if all the following criteria are met:
(1)	The training provided is more specific to that person's work processes.
(2)	With respect to asbestos handling, removal, and remediation, the training is more detailed with regard to that person's specific work processes than the comprehensive training the employees and contractors would otherwise receive.
(3)	Following the completion of training, the employees and contractors will not disturb, handle, or otherwise attempt to remediate asbestos in a condition outside the specific work processes for which they have received training.
(4)	The individual performing training for the person is an employee or other representative familiar with the specific training provided."
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2015.