How do you check asbestos and lead credentials in Texas?

For asbestos and lead in Texas, start with the Department of State Health Services public search. DSHS publishes asbestos records for persons and companies, alongside lead program credentials. Its search guide names four search options: name, license type, city or county. Use the agency guidance below to distinguish survey, removal and lead-abatement roles.

Source: DSHS scope, read 6 November 2026.
Source: DSHS lookup help, read 6 November 2026.
Source: DSHS faq, read 6 November 2026.

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Key facts

Department of State Health Services (DSHS)
Source: DSHS scope, read 6 November 2026.
name, license type, city or county
Source: DSHS lookup help, read 6 November 2026.
Environmental Operations Branch
Source: DSHS complaints, read 6 November 2026.

How do you search asbestos and lead credentials in Texas?

The DSHS online licensing guide directs readers to the License Search link on its homepage. Its four search options are name, license type, city and county.

Source: DSHS lookup help, read 6 November 2026.

The DSHS guide also states: “It is not necessary to register or login to simply view or search for a license or certification.”

Source: DSHS lookup help, read 6 November 2026.

The asbestos program’s search page says: “The Public License Search provided by the Division for Regulatory Services Online License System contains the most current licensing information.”

Source: DSHS find asbestos, read 6 November 2026.

The DSHS scope page states: “Persons and companies that engage in asbestos-related activities in a public building in Texas are required to be appropriately licensed or registered by the Department of State Health Services (DSHS).”

Source: DSHS scope, read 6 November 2026.

For your optional DSHS search, put the material, building use and requested work in your written request on InstaBids so the scope stays clear.

Who can conduct an asbestos survey in a public building?

The DSHS asbestos FAQ identifies three survey roles: “An asbestos survey can be conducted by a licensed Asbestos Inspector. It can also be done by a licensed Asbestos Consultant or an Asbestos Management Planner.” The guidance addresses public buildings; use that scope when deciding which agency information to read.

Source: DSHS asbestos faq, read 6 November 2026.

After your own survey-role research, describe the building use and survey deliverable in your written request on InstaBids, using DSHS role names.

Who can remove asbestos from a public building?

DSHS’s published Texas Asbestos Health Protection Rules state in §296.50(a): “(a) License required. A person must be licensed as an asbestos abatement contractor to engage in asbestos abatement in a public building for others under contract or other agreement or otherwise be designated to perform that function.”

Source: Texas administrative rules, section 296.50(a), read 6 November 2026.

The DSHS asbestos FAQ states: “A licensed Asbestos Contractor can remove asbestos from a public building.”

Source: DSHS asbestos faq, read 6 November 2026.

Keep your optional asbestos-contractor research separate from the work description, and state the removal area and expected written scope in your InstaBids request.

Who can do lead abatement?

The DSHS homeowner FAQ describes the lead-abatement team: “All lead-based paint abatements usually have as a minimum the following certified entities involved: a certified Lead Firm; a certified Lead Abatement Supervisor to oversee the project; certified Lead Abatement Workers; and a certified Lead Inspector or Lead Risk Assessor to do clearance testing of the abatement.”

Source: DSHS faq, read 6 November 2026.

The same DSHS homeowner FAQ states: “Only trained and certified professionals can do lead abatement.”

Source: DSHS faq, read 6 November 2026.

DSHS publishes the lead-firm rule, §295.211(a): “(a) Certification requirements. All firms engaged in or offering to perform lead- based paint activities in target housing and child-occupied facilities must be certified by the department. Certifications issued by the department prior to January 1, 2005, are valid for a period of three years from the date of issue, provided that the appropriate fee is paid on time each year. Certifications issued by the department on or after January 1, 2005, are valid for a period of two years from the date of issue.”

Source: Texas administrative rules, section 295.211(a), read 6 November 2026.

Use the DSHS lead-abatement role names in your own research, then describe the intended work and clearance deliverable in your written InstaBids request.

Where can you take an asbestos complaint in Texas?

The DSHS asbestos contact page directs complaint submissions to its Environmental Operations Branch: “Contact the Environmental Operations Branch for submission of complaints.” The page separately identifies an enforcement-status contact for questions about actions.

Source: DSHS complaints, read 6 November 2026.

The DSHS contact page also says: “Contact the Compliance Branch for questions regarding the status of enforcement actions.”

Source: DSHS complaints, read 6 November 2026.

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