DHS 159.18(2)(2) Expiration dates. Certification shall expire 24 months after the certification effective date. DHS 159.18 HistoryHistory: CR 08-036: cr. Register February 2009 No. 638, eff. 5-1-09. DHS 159.19DHS 159.19 General responsibilities of asbestos companies. DHS 159.19(1)(1) Company advertising. Advertisement for conducting regulated asbestos activities shall include the name and address of the asbestos company as it appears on the application for company certification submitted to the department under this subchapter, or as later changed by notification to the department under sub. (2). DHS 159.19(2)(2) Notification of company change. The asbestos company shall notify the department in writing at least 10 working days before any of the following: DHS 159.19(3)(3) Notification of asbestos abatement. Before an asbestos company may begin an asbestos abatement activity, the company shall notify the department as required under s. DHS 159.20. DHS 159.19(4)(4) Exterior asbestos worker training. An asbestos company shall ensure that annual asbestos refresher training is completed by each exterior asbestos worker it employs or with whom it contracts. The company shall maintain documentation of training completion for each employee, as required under sub. (7). This documentation shall identify the training as annual training for the exterior asbestos worker discipline and include the training provider name, address and telephone number, names of instructors and students in attendance, training date, and class start and end times. DHS 159.19(5)(5) Company certificates. No person may give, trade, sell, loan, or use a company certificate that belongs to another person. A certificate may be copied only for record keeping purposes. If a certificate is copied, the person who makes the copy shall clearly label the copy with the word “copy” across the front. The person to whom the department issues a certificate is the owner of that certificate and shall do all of the following: DHS 159.19(5)(c)(c) Return a suspended, revoked, or otherwise invalid certificate to the department within 10 calendar days of the department’s request. DHS 159.19(5)(d)(d) Promptly request a replacement certificate if the certificate is lost, stolen or damaged by submitting an application form obtained from the department and payment of a $25 replacement fee. DHS 159.19(6)(a)(a) An asbestos company shall cooperate with the department when the department conducts inspection or audit activities to determine compliance with this chapter or any other applicable statute or rule. DHS 159.19(6)(b)(b) An asbestos company shall comply with department requests that all individuals exit containment or other regulated areas. DHS 159.19(6)(c)(c) An asbestos company may not prevent or hinder a representative of the department from doing any the following: DHS 159.19(6)(c)1.1. Entering any property or premises on which the company, a company employee or a person under contract with the company is engaged in a regulated asbestos activity, or where the asbestos company conducts business. DHS 159.19(6)(c)2.2. Reviewing or copying records required under sub. (7) or any other records relating to regulated asbestos activities. DHS 159.19(6)(c)5.5. Conducting other activities necessary to determine compliance with this chapter. DHS 159.19(6)(d)(d) An asbestos company may not confiscate an individual’s original training certificate or certification card, unless the department directs it to do so, and it may not copy an individual’s training certificate or certification card except for record keeping purposes. If a training certificate or certification card is copied, the person who makes the copy shall clearly label “copy” across the front. DHS 159.19(6)(e)(e) An asbestos company may not charge a fee for the department to conduct an on-site audit of a training course. DHS 159.19(7)(a)(a) Asbestos abatement and management activities. An asbestos company shall retain all records related to its asbestos abatement or management activities for at least 3 years after the documents are created or received by the company. The company shall maintain the records at the address provided on the company application. Records shall be made available for department inspection on site, by mail, or by other means as requested by the department. The company shall retain all of the following records as appropriate to the type of regulated activities the company performs: