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Licensing Classifications - Cot ctors State License Board 40 Page 1 of 3 <br /> Home I About Us I Library I Licensing Classifications I HAZ - Hazardous Substance Removal <br /> Certification <br /> Like Share LJ Tweet <br /> HAZ - Hazardous Substance Removal Certification <br /> Business & Professions Code <br /> Division 3, Chapter 9. Contractors, Article 4. Classifications <br /> 7058.7. (a)No contractor shall engage in a removal or remedial action, as defined in subdivision (d), <br /> unless the qualifier for the license has passed an approved hazardous substance certification <br /> examination. <br /> (b) <br /> (1) The Contractors' State License Board, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health of the <br /> Department of Industrial Relations, and the Department of Toxic Substances Control shall jointly <br /> select an advisory committee, which shall be composed of two representatives of hazardous <br /> substance removal workers in California, two general engineering contractors in California, and two <br /> representatives of insurance companies in California who shall be selected by the Insurance <br /> Commissioner. <br /> (2) The Contractors' State License Board shall develop a written test for the certification of <br /> contractors engaged in hazardous substance removal or remedial action, in consultation with the <br /> Division of Occupational Safety and Health, the State Water Resources Control Board, the <br /> Department of Toxic Substances Control, and the advisory committee. <br /> (c)The Contractors' State License Board may require additional updated approved hazardous <br /> substance certification examinations of licensees currently certified based on new public or <br /> occupational health and safety information. The Contractors' State License Board, in consultation with <br /> the Department of Toxic Substances Control and the State Water Resources Control Board, shall <br /> approve other initial and updated hazardous substance certification examinations and determine <br /> whether to require an updated certification examination of all current certificate holders. <br /> (d) For purposes of this section "removal or remedial action" has the same meaning as found in <br /> Chapter 6.8 (commencing with Section 25300) of Division 20 of the Health and Safety Code, if the <br /> action requires the contractor to dig into the surface of the earth and remove the dug material and the <br /> action is at a site listed pursuant to Section 25356 of the Health and Safety Code or any other site <br /> listed as a hazardous waste site by the Department of Toxic Substances Control or a site listed on the <br /> National Priorities List compiled pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, <br /> http://www.es]b.ca.gov/About_Us/Library/Licensing_Classifications/HAZ_-_HAZARDOU... 6/6/2016 <br />