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An asbestos project or asbestos abatement project shall not include nonfriable asbestos-containing roofing, flooring and siding materials which when installed, encapsulated or removed do not become friable.\n\t\t“Asbestos project designer’s license” means an authorization issued by the Board permitting a person to design an asbestos abatement project.\n\t\t“Asbestos project monitor’s license” means an authorization issued by the Board permitting a person to monitor an asbestos project, subject to Department regulations.\n\t\t“Asbestos supervisor” means any person so designated by an asbestos contractor who provides on-site supervision and direction to the workers engaged in asbestos projects.\n\t\t“Asbestos worker’s license” means an authorization issued by the Board permitting an individual to work on an asbestos project.\n\t\t“Board” means the Virginia Board for Asbestos, Lead, and Home Inspectors.\n\t\t“Friable” means that the material when dry may be crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by hand pressure and includes previously nonfriable material after such previously nonfriable material becomes damaged to the extent that when dry it may be crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by hand pressure.\n\t\t“Home inspection” means any inspection of a residential building for compensation conducted by a licensed home inspector. A home inspection shall include a written evaluation of the readily accessible components of a residential building, including heating, cooling, plumbing, and electrical systems; structural components; foundation; roof; masonry structure; exterior and interior components; and other related residential housing components. A home inspection may be limited in scope as provided in a home inspection contract, provided that such contract is not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter or the regulations of the Board. For purposes of this chapter, residential building energy analysis alone, as defined in \u00a7 54.1-1144, shall not be considered a home inspection.\n\t\t“Home inspector” means a person who meets the criteria of education, experience, and testing required by this chapter and regulations of the Board and who has been licensed by the Board to perform home inspections.\n\t\t“Lead abatement” means any measure or set of measures designed to permanently eliminate lead-based paint hazards, including lead-contaminated dust or soil.\n\t\t“Lead-based paint” means paint or other surface coatings that contain lead equal to or in excess of 1.0 milligrams per square centimeter or more than 0.5 percent by weight.\n\t\t“Lead-based paint activity” means lead inspection, lead risk assessment, lead project design and abatement of lead-based paint and lead-based paint hazards, including lead-contaminated dust and lead-contaminated soil.\n\t\t“Lead-contaminated soil” means bare soil that contains lead at 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This law was first created in 1987. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 579 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1987 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 14 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1988, chapters 765 and 802; in 1989, chapter 397; in 1990, chapters 49, 73, and 823; in 1992, chapter 152; in 1993, chapters 499 and 660; in 1994, chapters 185<\/a> and 911<\/a>; in 1996, chapters 76<\/a>, 176<\/a>, 180<\/a>, and 846<\/a>; in 1997, chapter 885<\/a>; in 1998, chapter 739<\/a>; in 2001, chapter 723<\/a>; in 2009, chapters 358<\/a> and 819<\/a>; in 2012, chapters 803<\/a> and 835<\/a>; in 2016, chapters 161<\/a>, 436<\/a>, and 527<\/a>; in 2024, chapters 93<\/a> and 94<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":63222,"section_number":"2.2-1167","catch_line":"Commonwealth immune from civil liability","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-1167\/"},{"id":86948,"section_number":"22.1-289.052","catch_line":"Asbestos inspection required for child day centers","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-289.052\/"},{"id":84205,"section_number":"55.1-703","catch_line":"Required disclosures for buyer to beware; buyer to exercise necessary due diligence","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-703\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":69676,"section_number":"54.1-1144","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-1144\/"}],"permalink":{"id":240651,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77814,"identifier":"54.1-500","token":"54.1\/II\/5\/1\/54.1-500","url":"\/54.1-500\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-500\/","token":"54.1\/II\/5\/1\/54.1-500","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-500","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Accredited asbestos training program<\/span>” means a training program that has been approved by the Board<\/span> to provide training for individuals to engage in asbestos abatement, conduct asbestos inspections, prepare management plans, prepare project designs or act as project monitors.\n\t\t“Accredited lead training program<\/span>” means a training program that has been approved by the Board<\/span> to provide training for individuals to engage in lead-based paint activities.\n\t\t“Asbestos” means the asbestiform varieties of actinolite, amosite, anthophyllite, chrysotile, crocidolite, and tremolite.\n\t\t“Asbestos analytical laboratory license<\/span>” means an authorization issued by the Board<\/span> to perform phase contrast, polarized light, or transmission electron microscopy on material<\/span> known or suspected to contain asbestos.\n\t\t“Asbestos contractor’s license” means an authorization issued by the Board<\/span> permitting a person<\/span> to enter into contracts<\/span> to perform an asbestos abatement project<\/span>.\n\t\t“Asbestos-containing materials<\/span>” or “ACM<\/span>” means any material<\/span> or product which contains more than 1.0 percent asbestos or such other percentage as established by EPA final rule.\n\t\t“Asbestos inspector’s license” means an authorization issued by the Board<\/span> permitting a person<\/span> to perform on-site investigations to identify, classify, record, sample, test and prioritize by exposure potential asbestos-containing materials<\/span>.\n\t\t“Asbestos management plan<\/span>” means a program designed to control or abate any potential risk to human health from asbestos.\n\t\t“Asbestos management planner’s license” means an authorization issued by the Board<\/span> permitting a person<\/span> to develop or alter an asbestos management plan<\/span>.\n\t\t“Asbestos project<\/span>” or “asbestos abatement project<\/span>” means an activity involving job set-up for containment, removal, encapsulation, enclosure, encasement, renovation, repair, construction or alteration of an asbestos-containing material<\/span>. An asbestos project<\/span> or asbestos abatement project<\/span> shall not include nonfriable asbestos-containing roofing, flooring and siding materials which when installed, encapsulated or removed do not become friable<\/span>.\n\t\t“Asbestos project<\/span> designer’s license” means an authorization issued by the Board<\/span> permitting a person<\/span> to design an asbestos abatement project<\/span>.\n\t\t“Asbestos project<\/span> monitor’s license” means an authorization issued by the Board<\/span> permitting a person<\/span> to monitor an asbestos project<\/span>, subject to Department regulations.\n\t\t“Asbestos supervisor<\/span>” means any person<\/span> so designated by an asbestos contractor who provides on-site supervision and direction to the workers engaged in asbestos projects<\/span>.\n\t\t“Asbestos worker’s license” means an authorization issued by the Board<\/span> permitting an individual to work on an asbestos project<\/span>.\n\t\t“Board<\/span>” means the Virginia Board<\/span> for Asbestos, Lead, and Home Inspectors<\/span>.\n\t\t“Friable<\/span>” means that the material<\/span> when dry may be crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by hand pressure and includes previously nonfriable material<\/span> after such previously nonfriable material<\/span> becomes damaged to the extent that when dry it may be crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by hand pressure.\n\t\t“Home inspection<\/span>” means any inspection of a residential building for compensation conducted by a licensed home inspector<\/span>. A home inspection<\/span> shall include a written evaluation of the readily accessible components of a residential building, including heating, cooling, plumbing, and electrical systems; structural components; foundation; roof; masonry structure; exterior and interior components; and other related residential housing components. A home inspection<\/span> may be limited in scope as provided in a home inspection<\/span> contract<\/span>, provided that such contract<\/span> is not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter or the regulations of the Board<\/span>. For purposes of this chapter, residential building energy analysis alone, as defined in \u00a7 54.1-1144<\/a>, shall not be considered a home inspection<\/span>.\n\t\t“Home inspector<\/span>” means a person<\/span> who meets the criteria of education, experience, and testing required by this chapter and regulations of the Board<\/span> and who has been licensed by the Board<\/span> to perform home inspections<\/span>.\n\t\t“Lead abatement” means any measure or set of measures designed to permanently eliminate lead-based paint hazards, including lead-contaminated dust or soil.\n\t\t“Lead-based paint” means paint or other surface coatings that contain lead equal to or in excess of 1.0 milligrams per square centimeter or more than 0.5 percent by weight.\n\t\t“Lead-based paint activity<\/span>” means lead inspection<\/span>, lead risk assessment<\/span>, lead project design<\/span> and abatement of lead-based paint and lead-based paint hazards, including lead-contaminated dust and lead-contaminated soil<\/span>.\n\t\t“Lead-contaminated soil<\/span>” means bare soil that contains lead at or in excess of levels identified by the Environmental Protection Agency.\n\t\t“Lead contractor<\/span>” means a person<\/span> who has met the Board<\/span>’s requirements and has been issued a license by the Board<\/span> to enter into contracts<\/span> to perform lead abatements<\/span>.\n\t\t“Lead inspection<\/span>” means a surface-by-surface investigation to determine the presence of lead-based paint and the provisions of a report explaining the results of the investigation.\n\t\t“Lead inspector<\/span>” means an individual who has been licensed by the Board<\/span> to conduct lead inspections<\/span> and abatement clearance testing.\n\t\t“Lead project design<\/span>” means any descriptive form written as instructions or drafted as a plan describing the construction or setting up of a lead abatement project area and the work practices to be utilized during the lead abatement project.\n\t\t“Lead project designer<\/span>” means an individual who has been licensed by the Board<\/span> to prepare lead project designs<\/span>.\n\t\t“Lead risk assessment<\/span>” means (i) an on-site investigation to determine the existence, nature, severity and location of lead-based paint hazards and (ii) the provision of a report by the individual or the firm conducting the risk assessment, explaining the results of the investigation and options for reducing lead-based paint hazards.\n\t\t“Lead risk assessor<\/span>” means an individual who has been licensed by the Board<\/span> to conduct lead inspections<\/span>, lead risk assessments<\/span> and abatement clearance testing.\n\t\t“Lead supervisor<\/span>” means an individual who has been licensed by the Board<\/span> to supervise lead abatements<\/span>.\n\t\t“Lead worker<\/span>” or “lead abatement worker<\/span>” means an individual who has been licensed by the Board<\/span> to perform lead abatement.\n\t\t“Person<\/span>” means a corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, firm, enterprise, franchise, association or any other individual or entity.\n\t\t“Principal instructor<\/span>” means the individual who has the primary responsibility for organizing and teaching an accredited asbestos training program<\/span>, an accredited lead training program<\/span>, or any combination thereof.\n\t\t“Residential building” means, for the purposes of home inspection<\/span>, a structure consisting of one to four dwelling units used or occupied, or intended to be used or occupied, for residential purposes.\n\t\t“Training manager<\/span>” means the individual responsible for administering a training program and monitoring the performance of instructors for an accredited asbestos training or accredited lead training program<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 54.1-500)\n\nAs used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Accredited asbestos training program” means a training program\nthat has been approved by the Board to provide training for individuals to\nengage in asbestos abatement, conduct asbestos inspections, prepare management\nplans, prepare project designs or act as project monitors.\n\t\t“Accredited lead training program” means a training program that\nhas been approved by the Board to provide training for individuals to engage in\nlead-based paint activities.\n\t\t“Asbestos” means the asbestiform varieties of actinolite, amosite,\nanthophyllite, chrysotile, crocidolite, and tremolite.\n\t\t“Asbestos analytical laboratory license” means an authorization\nissued by the Board to perform phase contrast, polarized light, or transmission\nelectron microscopy on material known or suspected to contain asbestos.\n\t\t“Asbestos contractor’s license” means an authorization\nissued by the Board permitting a person to enter into contracts to perform an\nasbestos abatement project.\n\t\t“Asbestos-containing materials” or “ACM” means any\nmaterial or product which contains more than 1.0 percent asbestos or such other\npercentage as established by EPA final rule.\n\t\t“Asbestos inspector’s license” means an authorization issued\nby the Board permitting a person to perform on-site investigations to identify,\nclassify, record, sample, test and prioritize by exposure potential\nasbestos-containing materials.\n\t\t“Asbestos management plan” means a program designed to control or\nabate any potential risk to human health from asbestos.\n\t\t“Asbestos management planner’s license” means an\nauthorization issued by the Board permitting a person to develop or alter an\nasbestos management plan.\n\t\t“Asbestos project” or “asbestos abatement project”\nmeans an activity involving job set-up for containment, removal, encapsulation,\nenclosure, encasement, renovation, repair, construction or alteration of an\nasbestos-containing material. An asbestos project or asbestos abatement project\nshall not include nonfriable asbestos-containing roofing, flooring and siding\nmaterials which when installed, encapsulated or removed do not become friable.\n\t\t“Asbestos project designer’s license” means an authorization\nissued by the Board permitting a person to design an asbestos abatement project.\n\t\t“Asbestos project monitor’s license” means an authorization\nissued by the Board permitting a person to monitor an asbestos project, subject\nto Department regulations.\n\t\t“Asbestos supervisor” means any person so designated by an\nasbestos contractor who provides on-site supervision and direction to the\nworkers engaged in asbestos projects.\n\t\t“Asbestos worker’s license” means an authorization issued by\nthe Board permitting an individual to work on an asbestos project.\n\t\t“Board” means the Virginia Board for Asbestos, Lead, and Home\nInspectors.\n\t\t“Friable” means that the material when dry may be crumbled,\npulverized, or reduced to powder by hand pressure and includes previously\nnonfriable material after such previously nonfriable material becomes damaged to\nthe extent that when dry it may be crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by\nhand pressure.\n\t\t“Home inspection” means any inspection of a residential building\nfor compensation conducted by a licensed home inspector. A home inspection shall\ninclude a written evaluation of the readily accessible components of a\nresidential building, including heating, cooling, plumbing, and electrical\nsystems; structural components; foundation; roof; masonry structure; exterior\nand interior components; and other related residential housing components. A\nhome inspection may be limited in scope as provided in a home inspection\ncontract, provided that such contract is not inconsistent with the provisions of\nthis chapter or the regulations of the Board. For purposes of this chapter,\nresidential building energy analysis alone, as defined in \u00a7 54.1-1144, shall\nnot be considered a home inspection.\n\t\t“Home inspector” means a person who meets the criteria of\neducation, experience, and testing required by this chapter and regulations of\nthe Board and who has been licensed by the Board to perform home inspections.\n\t\t“Lead abatement” means any measure or set of measures designed to\npermanently eliminate lead-based paint hazards, including lead-contaminated dust\nor soil.\n\t\t“Lead-based paint” means paint or other surface coatings that\ncontain lead equal to or in excess of 1.0 milligrams per square centimeter or\nmore than 0.5 percent by weight.\n\t\t“Lead-based paint activity” means lead inspection, lead risk\nassessment, lead project design and abatement of lead-based paint and lead-based\npaint hazards, including lead-contaminated dust and lead-contaminated soil.\n\t\t“Lead-contaminated soil” means bare soil that contains lead at or\nin excess of levels identified by the Environmental Protection Agency.\n\t\t“Lead contractor” means a person who has met the Board’s\nrequirements and has been issued a license by the Board to enter into contracts\nto perform lead abatements.\n\t\t“Lead inspection” means a surface-by-surface investigation to\ndetermine the presence of lead-based paint and the provisions of a report\nexplaining the results of the investigation.\n\t\t“Lead inspector” means an individual who has been licensed by the\nBoard to conduct lead inspections and abatement clearance testing.\n\t\t“Lead project design” means any descriptive form written as\ninstructions or drafted as a plan describing the construction or setting up of a\nlead abatement project area and the work practices to be utilized during the\nlead abatement project.\n\t\t“Lead project designer” means an individual who has been licensed\nby the Board to prepare lead project designs.\n\t\t“Lead risk assessment” means (i) an on-site investigation to\ndetermine the existence, nature, severity and location of lead-based paint\nhazards and (ii) the provision of a report by the individual or the firm\nconducting the risk assessment, explaining the results of the investigation and\noptions for reducing lead-based paint hazards.\n\t\t“Lead risk assessor” means an individual who has been licensed by\nthe Board to conduct lead inspections, lead risk assessments and abatement\nclearance testing.\n\t\t“Lead supervisor” means an individual who has been licensed by the\nBoard to supervise lead abatements.\n\t\t“Lead worker” or “lead abatement worker” means an\nindividual who has been licensed by the Board to perform lead abatement.\n\t\t“Person” means a corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship,\nfirm, enterprise, franchise, association or any other individual or entity.\n\t\t“Principal instructor” means the individual who has the primary\nresponsibility for organizing and teaching an accredited asbestos training\nprogram, an accredited lead training program, or any combination thereof.\n\t\t“Residential building” means, for the purposes of home inspection,\na structure consisting of one to four dwelling units used or occupied, or\nintended to be used or occupied, for residential purposes.\n\t\t“Training manager” means the individual responsible for\nadministering a training program and monitoring the performance of instructors\nfor an accredited asbestos training or accredited lead training program.\n\nHISTORY: 1987, c. 579, \u00a7 54-145.4; 1988, cc. 765, 802; 1989, c. 397; 1990, cc.\n49, 73, 823; 1992, c. 152; 1993, cc. 499, 660; 1994, cc. 185, 911; 1996, cc. 76,\n176, 180, 846; 1997, c. 885; 1998, c. 739; 2001, c. 723; 2009, cc. 358, 819;\n2012, cc. 803, 835; 2016, cc. 161, 436, 527; 2024, cc. 93, 94.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}