Virginia Code 54.1-500.1: Virginia Board for Asbestos, Lead, and Home Inspectors; membership; meetings; offices; quorum
The Virginia Board for Asbestos, Lead, and Home Inspectors shall be appointed by the Governor and composed of 13 members as follows: (i) one shall be a representative of a Virginia-licensed asbestos contractor, (ii) one shall be a representative of a Virginia-licensed lead contractor, (iii) one shall be a representative of a Virginia-licensed renovation contractor, (iv) one shall be either a Virginia-licensed asbestos inspector or project monitor, (v) one shall be a Virginia-licensed lead risk assessor, (vi) one shall be a representative of a Virginia-licensed asbestos analytical laboratory, (vii) one shall be a representative of an asbestos, lead, or renovation training program, (viii) one shall be a member of the Board for Contractors, (ix) three shall be Virginia-licensed home inspectors, and (x) two shall be citizen members. After the initial staggering of terms, the terms of members of the Board shall be four years, except that vacancies may be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term. The home inspector and renovation contractor members appointed to the Board shall have practiced as a home inspector and a renovation contractor, respectively, for at least five consecutive years immediately prior to appointment.
Terms Used In Virginia Code 54.1-500.1
- Asbestos: means the asbestiform varieties of actinolite, amosite, anthophyllite, chrysotile, crocidolite, and tremolite. See Virginia Code 54.1-500
- Board: means the Virginia Board for Asbestos, Lead, and Home Inspectors. See Virginia Code 54.1-500
- 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. See Virginia Code 54.1-500
- Lead contractor: means a person who has met the Board's requirements and has been issued a license by the Board to enter into contracts to perform lead abatements. See Virginia Code 54.1-500
- Lead risk assessor: means an individual who has been licensed by the Board to conduct lead inspections, lead risk assessments and abatement clearance testing. See Virginia Code 54.1-500
- Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
- Renovation: means the modification of any existing structure or portion thereof, for compensation, that results in the disturbance of painted surfaces, unless that activity is (i) performed as a part of a lead abatement or (ii) limited in scope to the site work or remediation as referenced in the definition of contractor in § 54. See Virginia Code 54.1-500
- Renovation contractor: means a person who has met the Board's requirements and has been issued a license by the Board to conduct renovations. See Virginia Code 54.1-500
The Board shall meet at least once each year and other such times as it deems necessary. The Board shall elect from its membership a chairman and a vice-chairman to serve for a period of one year. The Board is vested with the powers and duties necessary to execute the purposes of this chapter.
1993, c. 660; 1994, cc. 185, 911; 1996, cc. 180, 846; 1997, c. 885; 2001, c. 723; 2009, cc. 358, 819; 2012, cc. 522, 803, 835; 2016, cc. 161, 436; 2022, cc. 576, 577.