                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PENALTIES FOR WILLFUL VIOLATIONS (§ 54.1-517)

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person who willfully violates
any provision of this chapter or any regulation related to licensure or training
adopted pursuant to this chapter shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor for
the first two violations and a Class 6 felony for a third and each subsequent
violation within a three-year period.
		In addition, licensed asbestos contractors, asbestos supervisors, asbestos
inspectors, asbestos management planners, asbestos project designers, asbestos
project monitors, asbestos analytical laboratories and asbestos workers, lead
contractors, lead inspectors, lead risk assessors, lead project designers, lead
supervisors, lead workers, and accredited asbestos training programs, accredited
lead training programs, training managers or principal instructors may be
assessed a civil penalty by the Board of not more than $1,000 for an initial
violation and $5,000 for each subsequent violation within a three-year period
arising from a willful violation of standards established by the Environmental
Protection Agency, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Department of
Labor and Industry, or the Divisions of Air Pollution Control and Waste
Management of the Department of Environmental Quality in a three-year period.

HISTORY: 1987, c. 579, § 54-145.10:11; 1988, cc. 765, 802; 1989, c. 397; 1990,
c. 823; 1993, c. 660; 1994, cc. 185, 911; 1996, cc. 180, 846; 1997, c. 885;
1998, c. 739; 2009, c. 819; 2024, cc. 93, 94.