(1) Pursuant to 75-2-511 , MCA, a person may not:

(a) engage in an asbestos-related occupation unless accredited in that occupation by the department; or

(b) contract with or employ in an asbestos-related occupation a person not accredited in that occupation by the department.

(2) A person seeking initial accreditation in an asbestos-related occupation shall:

(a) successfully complete either a training course approved by the department pursuant to this subchapter, or a course approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and shall pass an examination approved by the department; and

(b) submit to the department a completed application form provided by the department, with the fee required in ARM 17.74.402 and a copy of a certificate of satisfactory completion from the course approved for that occupation.

(3) The department may deny, suspend, or revoke accreditation of a person pursuant to 75-2-515 , MCA.