                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD (§ 54.1-501)

The Board shall administer and enforce this chapter. The Board shall:

1. Promulgate regulations necessary to carry out the requirements of this
chapter in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Process Act
(&#xA7; 2.2-4000 et seq.) to include but not be limited to the prescription of
fees, procedures, and qualifications for the issuance and renewal of asbestos
and lead licenses, and governing conflicts of interest among various categories
of asbestos and lead licenses;

2. Approve the criteria for accredited asbestos training programs, accredited
lead training programs, training managers, and principal instructors;

3. Approve accredited asbestos training programs, accredited lead training
programs, examinations and the grading system for testing applicants for
asbestos and lead licensure;

4. Promulgate regulations governing the licensing of and establishing
performance criteria applicable to asbestos analytical laboratories;

5. Promulgate regulations governing the functions and duties of project monitors
on asbestos projects, circumstances in which project monitors shall be required
for asbestos projects, and training requirements for project monitors;

6. Promulgate, in accordance with the Administrative Process Act, regulations
necessary to establish procedures and requirements for the: (i) approval of
accredited lead training programs, (ii) licensure of individuals and firms to
engage in lead-based paint activities, and (iii) establishment of standards for
performing lead-based paint activities consistent with the Residential
Lead-based Paint Hazard Reduction Act and United States Environmental Protection
Agency regulations. If the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
has adopted, prior to the promulgation of any related regulations by the Board,
any final regulations relating to lead-based paint activities, then the related
regulations of the Board shall not be more stringent than the EPA regulations in
effect as of the date of such promulgation. In addition, if the EPA shall have
outstanding any proposed regulations relating to lead-based paint activities
(other than as amendments to existing EPA regulations), as of the date of
promulgation of any related regulations by the Board, then the related
regulations of the Board shall not be more stringent than the proposed EPA
regulations. In the event that the EPA shall adopt any final regulations
subsequent to the promulgation by the Board of related regulations, then the
Board shall, as soon as practicable, amend its existing regulations so as to be
not more stringent than such EPA regulations; and

7. Promulgate regulations for the licensing of home inspectors not inconsistent
with this chapter regarding the professional qualifications of home inspectors
applicants, the requirements necessary for passing home inspectors examinations,
the proper conduct of its examinations, the proper conduct of the home
inspectors licensed by the Board, and the proper discharge of its duties
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HISTORY: 1987, c. 579, § 54-145.5; 1988, c. 765; 1989, c. 397; 1990, cc. 49,
73, 823; 1991, c. 45; 1992, c. 477; 1993, cc. 499, 660; 1994, cc. 185, 911;
1995, cc. 543, 585; 1996, cc. 180, 846; 1997, cc. 649, 885; 1998, c. 739; 2001,
c. 723; 2009, cc. 358, 819; 2012, cc. 803, 835; 2016, cc. 161, 436; 2024, cc.
93, 94.