Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 618 - Occupational Safety and Health
ABATEMENT OF ASBESTOS
Licensing and Accreditation to Perform Services
Section 618.918 - Contractors: Requirements for maintenance of license

1. Ensure that proper notification of any proposed project for the abatement of asbestos is given in writing to the Enforcement Section;

2. Ensure that records of all projects for the abatement of asbestos the contractor performs are maintained and retained for at least 30 years in accordance with 29 C.F.R. § 1926.33;

3. Ensure that a supervisor who is properly trained and licensed pursuant to NAC 618.850 to 618.986, inclusive, remains present at the site if any asbestos activity is being carried out as part of a project for the abatement of asbestos;

4. Ensure that all abatement workers and supervisors in the contractor's employ are properly trained and licensed;

5. Establish and carry out a program for respiratory protection and submit a written copy of the program to the Enforcement Section;

6. Provide each of his or her employees who engages in activities for the abatement of asbestos with the necessary protective gear and clothing;

7. Provide or make available to all employees who engage in activities for the abatement of asbestos, a written medical monitoring program;

8. Establish and carry out a written program for monitoring air for projects for the abatement of asbestos to protect employees who may be exposed to airborne asbestos fibers;

9. Ensure that all asbestos activities performed are carried out pursuant to the provisions of NAC 618.850 to 618.986, inclusive;

10. Provide employees of the Enforcement Section with the use of a supplied air system to use during inspections of the work area if a supplied air system is being used for activities for the abatement of asbestos at that location ;

11. Provide viewports into containment areas of any projects for the abatement of asbestos to allow that abatement work to be readily observed;

12. Not provide services as an inspection consultant for the purpose of contract bidding on abatement work on an asbestos abatement project; and

13. Refrain from providing any services regarding the control of asbestos as an inspector, management planner, consultant, project designer or project engineer on an asbestos abatement project unless specifically granted an exemption by the Division.