Section 18.31.200 - Certification programs(a) The Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall (1) establish guidelines for employee training certification programs, including respiratory and competency tests to be completed successfully, to ensure that a person who is employed to abate asbestos health hazards is trained to do the work safely and is informed about the danger of working with asbestos;(2) review certification programs proposed by contractors, labor organizations, public and private vocational training programs, and others for persons who will be employed to abate asbestos health hazards;(3) approve proposed certification programs that meet the department's guidelines under this subsection;(4) assist in meeting the certification guidelines those whose certification program proposals have been found unacceptable.(b) Before a contractor may undertake work to abate an asbestos related health hazard, the contractor shall (1) propose to the Department of Labor and Workforce Development a plan for the certification of its employees as adequately trained to handle asbestos in a safe and knowledgeable way;(2) receive approval from the department of that plan; and(3) certify that each person who will work on the abatement of an asbestos health hazard is adequately trained to handle asbestos in a safe and knowledgeable way.(c) A person may not be employed to abate an asbestos health hazard unless the person has been certified in a program approved by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development under (a) of this section.(d) A contractor who violates (b) or (c) of this section is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000, as determined by the commissioner of labor and workforce development.(e) A contractor who violates (b) of this section is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.(f) A contractor who violates (c) of this section is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.(g) The Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall adopt by regulation a fee schedule for (1) review, approval, and certification of asbestos training certification programs and plans under this section; and(2) certification of a person employed to abate an asbestos health hazard.