54.1-500.1 - Virginia Board for Asbestos, Lead, Mold, and Home Inspectors; membership; meetings; offices; quorum.
§ 54.1-500.1. Virginia Board for Asbestos, Lead, Mold, and Home Inspectors;membership; meetings; offices; quorum.
The Virginia Board for Asbestos, Lead, Mold, and Home Inspectors shall beappointed by the Governor and composed of 15 members as follows: one shall bea representative of a Virginia-licensed asbestos contractor, one shall be arepresentative of a Virginia-licensed lead contractor, one shall be arepresentative of a Virginia-licensed renovation contractor, one shall beeither a Virginia-licensed asbestos inspector or project monitor, one shallbe a Virginia-licensed lead risk assessor, one shall be a Virginia-licensedrenovator, one shall be a Virginia-licensed dust sampling technician, oneshall be a representative of a Virginia-licensed asbestos analyticallaboratory, one shall be a representative of an asbestos, lead, or renovationtraining program, one shall be a member of the Board for Contractors, twoshall be certified home inspectors, one shall be a licensed mold inspector ora licensed mold remediator, and two shall be citizen members. After initialstaggered 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 two home inspector members appointed to the Board shall have practiced ashome inspectors for at least five consecutive years immediately prior toappointment. The mold inspector or mold remediator member appointed to theBoard shall have practiced as a mold inspector or mold remediator for atleast three consecutive years immediately prior to appointment. The moldinspector or mold remediator member shall not vote on any matters before theBoard except matters related to mold inspection or remediation until July 1,2010. The renovation contractor, renovator, and dust sampling technicianmembers appointed to the board shall have practiced respectively as arenovation contractor, renovator, or dust sampling technician for at leastfive consecutive years prior to appointment.
The Board shall meet at least four times each year and other such times as itdeems necessary. The Board shall elect from its membership a chairman and avice-chairman to serve for a period of one year. Eight members of the Boardshall constitute a quorum. The Board is vested with the powers and dutiesnecessary 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.)