                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

LICENSES REQUIRED (§ 54.1-503)

A. It shall be unlawful for any person who does not have an asbestos
contractor&#8217;s license to contract with another person, for compensation, to
carry out an asbestos project or to perform any work on an asbestos project. It
shall be unlawful for any person who does not have an asbestos project
designer&#8217;s license to develop an asbestos project design. It shall be
unlawful for any person who does not have an asbestos inspector&#8217;s license
to conduct an asbestos inspection. It shall be unlawful for any person who does
not have an asbestos management planner&#8217;s license to develop an asbestos
management plan. It shall be unlawful for any person who does not have a license
as an asbestos project monitor to act as project monitor on an asbestos project.

B. It shall be unlawful for any person who does not possess a valid asbestos
analytical laboratory license issued by the Board to communicate the findings of
an analysis, verbally or in writing, for a fee, performed on material known or
suspected to contain asbestos for the purpose of determining the presence or
absence of asbestos.

C. It shall be unlawful for any person who does not possess a license as a lead
contractor to contract with another person to perform lead abatement activities
or to perform any lead abatement activity or work on a lead abatement project.
It shall be unlawful for any person who does not possess a lead
supervisor&#8217;s license to act as a lead supervisor on a lead abatement
project. It shall be unlawful for any person who does not possess a lead
worker&#8217;s license to act as a lead worker on a lead abatement project. It
shall be unlawful for any person who does not possess a lead project
designer&#8217;s license to develop a lead project design. It shall be unlawful
for any person who does not possess a lead inspector&#8217;s license to conduct
a lead inspection. It shall be unlawful for any person who does not possess a
lead risk assessor&#8217;s license to conduct a lead risk assessment. It shall
be unlawful for any person who does not possess a lead inspector&#8217;s or lead
risk assessor&#8217;s license to conduct lead abatement clearance testing.

D. It shall be unlawful for any individual who does not possess a license as a
home inspector issued by the Board to perform a home inspection for compensation
on a residential building. It shall be unlawful for any individual who does not
possess a home inspector license with the new residential structure endorsement
to conduct a home inspection for compensation on any new residential structure.
For purposes of this chapter, &#8220;new residential structure&#8221; means a
residential structure for which the first conveyance of record title to a
purchaser has not occurred, or of which a purchaser has not taken possession,
whichever occurs later.

HISTORY: 1987, c. 579, § 54-145.7; 1988, cc. 765, 802; 1989, c. 397; 1990, c.
73; 1993, c. 660; 1994, cc. 185, 911; 1995, cc. 543, 585; 1996, cc. 180, 846;
1997, cc. 560, 885; 1998, c. 739; 2004, c. 133; 2009, c. 819; 2015, c. 411;
2016, cc. 161, 436; 2024, cc. 93, 94.