The Florida Senate

255.552  Asbestos management program.--The Secretary of Labor and Employment Security shall establish an asbestos management program and select an asbestos program administrator. The asbestos program administrator shall maintain centralized records in Tallahassee of all public building surveys, operation and maintenance plans, and abatement projects. The asbestos program administrator shall select regional asbestos program managers who shall review and approve and comment on all public building survey reports, operation and maintenance plans, and abatement specifications for public buildings. The regional asbestos program managers shall oversee all abatement work performed in public buildings and shall review and approve and comment on all postabatement inspection reports. Additionally, the regional asbestos program managers shall oversee training of maintenance and custodial workers and building supervisors in all public buildings in which an operation and maintenance plan is administered. Training shall be on the safe cleaning and handling of asbestos-containing materials. Instructional material for such training shall be developed by the Department of Labor and Employment Security. This section does not apply to those structures identified in s. 255.5535.

History.--s. 2, ch. 87-394; s. 7, ch. 95-257.