65-5301. Definitions. As used in this act:
(a) "Asbestos project" means an activity undertaken to remove or encapsulate friable asbestos containing materials.
(b) "Business entity" means a partnership, firm, association, corporation, sole proprietorship or other business concern.
(c) "License" means an authorization issued by the secretary permitting a business entity to engage in an asbestos project.
(d) "Secretary" means the secretary of health and environment.
(e) "Friable asbestos containing material" means any material that contains more than 1% asbestos, by weight, which is applied to ceilings, walls, structural members, piping, ductwork or any other part of a building and which, when dry, may be crumbled, pulverized or reduced to powder by hand pressure.
(f) "Asbestos" means that asbestiform varieties of: Chrysotile, crocidolite, amosite, anthophyllite, tremolite and actinolite.
History: L. 1985, ch. 203, § 1; L. 2016, ch. 20, § 1; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
65-5302 Asbestos projects; license required; exemptions.
65-5304 Licensure of business entities; qualifications; requirements.
65-5305 Same; application; form; requirements; fee.
65-5307 Records of asbestos projects required, contents; notification of secretary.
65-5309 Schedule of fees; disposition of moneys.
65-5311 Waiver of license requirement, when; alternative requirements.
65-5312 State agencies and political subdivisions; bid acceptance requirements; compliance with act.
65-5313 Violations; criminal penalties.
65-5314 Same; civil penalties; appeal and review; disposition of moneys recovered.
65-5316 Asbestos remediation fund established; disposition of moneys collected pursuant to the act.