Virginia Code 54.1-516: Disciplinary actions.
A. The Board may reprimand, fine, suspend or revoke (i) the license of a lead contractor, lead inspector, lead risk assessor, lead project designer, lead supervisor, lead worker, asbestos contractor, asbestos supervisor, asbestos inspector, asbestos analytical laboratory, asbestos management planner, asbestos project designer, asbestos project monitor, asbestos worker, or home inspector or (ii) the approval of an accredited asbestos training program, accredited lead training program, training manager or principal instructor, if the licensee or approved person or program:
Terms Used In Virginia Code 54.1-516
- Accredited asbestos training program: means a training program that has been approved by the Board to provide training for individuals to engage in asbestos abatement, conduct asbestos inspections, prepare management plans, prepare project designs or act as project monitors. See Virginia Code 54.1-500
- Accredited lead training program: means a training program that has been approved by the Board to provide training for individuals to engage in lead-based paint activities. See Virginia Code 54.1-500
- Asbestos: means the asbestiform varieties of actinolite, amosite, anthophyllite, chrysotile, crocidolite, and tremolite. See Virginia Code 54.1-500
- Asbestos supervisor: means any person so designated by an asbestos contractor who provides on-site supervision and direction to the workers engaged in asbestos projects. 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 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 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 designer: means an individual who has been licensed by the Board to prepare lead project designs. 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
- Lead-based paint: means paint or other surface coatings that contain lead equal to or in excess of 1. 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
- Principal instructor: means the individual who has the primary responsibility for organizing and teaching an accredited asbestos training program, an accredited lead training program, or any combination thereof. See Virginia Code 54.1-500
- State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes any of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-245
- Training manager: means the individual responsible for administering a training program and monitoring the performance of instructors for an accredited asbestos training or accredited lead training program. See Virginia Code 54.1-500
1. Fraudulently or deceptively obtains or attempts to obtain a license or approval;
2. Fails at any time to meet the qualifications for a license or approval or to comply with the requirements of this chapter or any regulation adopted by the Board; or
3. Fails to meet any applicable federal or state standard when performing an asbestos project or service or performing lead-based paint activities.
B. The Board may reprimand, fine, suspend or revoke the license of (i) any asbestos contractor who employs or permits an individual without an asbestos supervisor’s or worker’s license to work on an asbestos project or (ii) any lead contractor who employs or permits an individual without a lead supervisor’s or lead worker’s license to work on a lead abatement project.
C. The Board may reprimand, fine, suspend or revoke the license of a home inspector.
1987, c. 579, § 54-145.10:10; 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; 2001, c. 723; 2009, cc. 358, 819; 2012, cc. 803, 835; 2016, cc. 161, 436; 2024, cc. 93, 94.