                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 54.1-500)

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#8220;Accredited asbestos training program&#8221; means a training program
that has been approved by the Board to provide training for individuals to
engage in asbestos abatement, conduct asbestos inspections, prepare management
plans, prepare project designs or act as project monitors.
		&#8220;Accredited lead training program&#8221; means a training program that
has been approved by the Board to provide training for individuals to engage in
lead-based paint activities.
		&#8220;Asbestos&#8221; means the asbestiform varieties of actinolite, amosite,
anthophyllite, chrysotile, crocidolite, and tremolite.
		&#8220;Asbestos analytical laboratory license&#8221; means an authorization
issued by the Board to perform phase contrast, polarized light, or transmission
electron microscopy on material known or suspected to contain asbestos.
		&#8220;Asbestos contractor&#8217;s license&#8221; means an authorization
issued by the Board permitting a person to enter into contracts to perform an
asbestos abatement project.
		&#8220;Asbestos-containing materials&#8221; or &#8220;ACM&#8221; means any
material or product which contains more than 1.0 percent asbestos or such other
percentage as established by EPA final rule.
		&#8220;Asbestos inspector&#8217;s license&#8221; means an authorization issued
by the Board permitting a person to perform on-site investigations to identify,
classify, record, sample, test and prioritize by exposure potential
asbestos-containing materials.
		&#8220;Asbestos management plan&#8221; means a program designed to control or
abate any potential risk to human health from asbestos.
		&#8220;Asbestos management planner&#8217;s license&#8221; means an
authorization issued by the Board permitting a person to develop or alter an
asbestos management plan.
		&#8220;Asbestos project&#8221; or &#8220;asbestos abatement project&#8221;
means an activity involving job set-up for containment, removal, encapsulation,
enclosure, encasement, renovation, repair, construction or alteration of an
asbestos-containing material. 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.
		&#8220;Asbestos project designer&#8217;s license&#8221; means an authorization
issued by the Board permitting a person to design an asbestos abatement project.
		&#8220;Asbestos project monitor&#8217;s license&#8221; means an authorization
issued by the Board permitting a person to monitor an asbestos project, subject
to Department regulations.
		&#8220;Asbestos supervisor&#8221; means any person so designated by an
asbestos contractor who provides on-site supervision and direction to the
workers engaged in asbestos projects.
		&#8220;Asbestos worker&#8217;s license&#8221; means an authorization issued by
the Board permitting an individual to work on an asbestos project.
		&#8220;Board&#8221; means the Virginia Board for Asbestos, Lead, and Home
Inspectors.
		&#8220;Friable&#8221; 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.
		&#8220;Home inspection&#8221; 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 § 54.1-1144, shall
not be considered a home inspection.
		&#8220;Home inspector&#8221; 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.
		&#8220;Lead abatement&#8221; means any measure or set of measures designed to
permanently eliminate lead-based paint hazards, including lead-contaminated dust
or soil.
		&#8220;Lead-based paint&#8221; 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.
		&#8220;Lead-based paint activity&#8221; 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.
		&#8220;Lead-contaminated soil&#8221; means bare soil that contains lead at or
in excess of levels identified by the Environmental Protection Agency.
		&#8220;Lead contractor&#8221; means a person who has met the Board&#8217;s
requirements and has been issued a license by the Board to enter into contracts
to perform lead abatements.
		&#8220;Lead inspection&#8221; 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.
		&#8220;Lead inspector&#8221; means an individual who has been licensed by the
Board to conduct lead inspections and abatement clearance testing.
		&#8220;Lead project design&#8221; 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.
		&#8220;Lead project designer&#8221; means an individual who has been licensed
by the Board to prepare lead project designs.
		&#8220;Lead risk assessment&#8221; 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.
		&#8220;Lead risk assessor&#8221; means an individual who has been licensed by
the Board to conduct lead inspections, lead risk assessments and abatement
clearance testing.
		&#8220;Lead supervisor&#8221; means an individual who has been licensed by the
Board to supervise lead abatements.
		&#8220;Lead worker&#8221; or &#8220;lead abatement worker&#8221; means an
individual who has been licensed by the Board to perform lead abatement.
		&#8220;Person&#8221; means a corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship,
firm, enterprise, franchise, association or any other individual or entity.
		&#8220;Principal instructor&#8221; means the individual who has the primary
responsibility for organizing and teaching an accredited asbestos training
program, an accredited lead training program, or any combination thereof.
		&#8220;Residential building&#8221; means, for the purposes of home inspection,
a structure consisting of one to four dwelling units used or occupied, or
intended to be used or occupied, for residential purposes.
		&#8220;Training manager&#8221; 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.

HISTORY: 1987, c. 579, § 54-145.4; 1988, cc. 765, 802; 1989, c. 397; 1990, cc.
49, 73, 823; 1992, c. 152; 1993, cc. 499, 660; 1994, cc. 185, 911; 1996, cc. 76,
176, 180, 846; 1997, c. 885; 1998, c. 739; 2001, c. 723; 2009, cc. 358, 819;
2012, cc. 803, 835; 2016, cc. 161, 436, 527; 2024, cc. 93, 94.