The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations relative to the protection of the general public and the occupational health and safety of workers engaged in the use, handling, removal or disposal of asbestos or materials containing asbestos including, but not limited to, the construction, demolition, alteration or repair of any building or structure, including those owned or leased by the commonwealth or any of its political subdivisions or authorities. Such regulations shall require the adequate instruction and training of workers employed by such contractors. Such training shall include, but not be limited to, instructions in health risks, precautionary measures, protective equipment and other safeguards.
Such regulations shall provide that in order to constitute adequate precautionary measures, protective equipment, or other safeguards within the protective equipment, meet the following requirements:
Any rule or regulation of the department which incorporates or references a rule, regulation or other proceeding of the federal government related to asbestos or asbestos containing material which is administered pursuant to this chapter shall be promulgated in accordance with the provisions of chapter thirty A.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, § 6C