Terms Used In Virginia Code 54.1-503

• Asbestos: means the asbestiform varieties of actinolite, amosite, anthophyllite, chrysotile, crocidolite, and tremolite. See Virginia Code 54.1-500
• Asbestos analytical laboratory license: 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. See Virginia Code 54.1-500
• Asbestos management plan: means a program designed to control or abate any potential risk to human health from asbestos. See Virginia Code 54.1-500
• Board: means the Virginia Board for Asbestos, Lead, and Home Inspectors. See Virginia Code 54.1-500
• compensation: shall include the receipt of (a) pay for work performed, such as that paid to contractors and subcontractors; (b) wages, including but not limited to those paid to employees of contractors, building owners, property management companies, child-occupied facilities operators, state and local government agencies, and nonprofit organizations; and (c) rent for housing constructed before January 1, 1978, or child-occupied facilities in public or commercial building space. See Virginia Code 54.1-500
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Dust clearance sampling: means an on-site collection of dust or other debris that is present after the completion of a renovation to determine the presence of lead-based paint hazards and the provisions of a report explaining the results. See Virginia Code 54.1-500
• Dust sampling technician: means an individual licensed by the Board to perform dust clearance sampling. See Virginia Code 54.1-500
• Home inspection: means any inspection of a residential building for compensation conducted by a licensed home inspector. 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
• in writing: include any representation of words, letters, symbols, numbers, or figures, whether (i) printed or inscribed on a tangible medium or (ii) stored in an electronic or other medium and retrievable in a perceivable form and whether an electronic signature authorized by Chapter 42. See Virginia Code 1-257
• Lead abatement: means any measure or set of measures designed to permanently eliminate lead-based paint hazards, including lead-contaminated dust or soil. 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 inspection: 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. See Virginia Code 54.1-500
• Lead inspector: means an individual who has been licensed by the Board to conduct lead inspections and abatement clearance testing. See Virginia Code 54.1-500
• Lead project design: 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. See Virginia Code 54.1-500
• Lead project designer: means an individual who has been licensed by the Board to prepare lead project designs. See Virginia Code 54.1-500
• Lead risk assessment: 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. 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
• Lead supervisor: means an individual who has been licensed by the Board to supervise lead abatements. See Virginia Code 54.1-500
• Person: means a corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, firm, enterprise, franchise, association or any other individual or entity. See Virginia Code 54.1-500
• 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
• Renovator: means an individual who has been issued a license by the Board to perform renovations or to direct others who perform renovations. See Virginia Code 54.1-500
• Residential building: 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. See Virginia Code 54.1-500