1999 Minnesota Statutes

     144.9506 Licensing of lead inspectors. 

    Subdivision 1.    License required.  (a) A person shall 
 obtain a license as a lead inspector or a lead risk assessor 
 before performing lead inspections, lead hazard screens, or lead 
 risk assessments and shall renew it as required in rules adopted 
 under section 144.9508.  The commissioner shall charge a fee and 
 require refresher training, as specified in this section.  A 
 lead inspector or lead risk assessor shall have the lead 
 inspector's license or lead risk assessor's license readily 
 available at all times at a lead inspection site or lead risk 
 assessment site and make it available, on request, for 
 examination by the assessing agency with jurisdiction over the 
 site.  A license shall not be transferred.  License fees shall 
 be nonrefundable and must be submitted with each application in 
 the amount of $50 for each lead inspector and $100 for each lead 
 risk assessor. 

    (b) Individuals shall not advertise or otherwise present 
 themselves as lead inspectors or lead risk assessors unless 
 licensed by the commissioner. 

    (c) An individual may use sodium rhodizonate to test paint 
 for the presence of lead without obtaining a lead inspector or 
 lead risk assessor license, but must not represent the test as a 
 lead inspection or lead risk assessment. 

    Subd. 2.    License application.  An application for a 
 license or license renewal shall be on a form provided by the 
 commissioner and shall include: 

    (1) a nonrefundable fee, in a form approved by the 
 commissioner; and 

    (2) evidence that the applicant has successfully completed 
 a lead inspector training course approved under this section or 
 from another state with which the commissioner has established 
 reciprocity.  The fee required in this section is waived for 
 federal, state, or local government employees within Minnesota. 

    Subd. 3.    License renewal.  A license is valid for one 
 year from the issuance date unless the commissioner revokes or 
 suspends it, except that the initial license will be issued to 
 expire one year after the completion date on the approved 
 training course diploma.  An applicant shall successfully 
 complete either an approved annual refresher lead inspection 
 training course or a repeat of the approved initial lead 
 inspection training course in order to apply for license renewal.

    Subd. 4.    License replacement.  A licensed lead 
 inspector may obtain a replacement license by reapplying for a 
 license.  A replacement expires on the same date as the original 
 license.  A nonrefundable $25 fee is required with each 
 replacement application.  

    Subd. 5.    Approval of lead inspection course.  Until 
 the commissioner adopts rules under section 144.9508 to license 
 lead inspectors and approve lead inspector training courses, a 
 lead inspection course sponsored by a training course provider 
 in one of the regional lead training consortia established by 
 the United States Environmental Protection Agency is an approved 
 course for the purpose of this section, providing it covers the 
 criteria listed in section 144.9505.  After adoption of rules 
 under section 144.9508, all training courses offered for the 
 purpose of licensing individuals as lead inspectors must be 
 reviewed and approved by the commissioner. 

    HIST: 1995 c 213 art 1 s 8; 1997 c 205 s 27,28; 1998 c 407 art 
 2 s 69,70