Section 10. Scope

Part I. Scope

The purpose of this section is to identify individuals and firms who need to be licensed.

Asbestos Contractor's License: Required for firms that contract with another person, for compensation, to carry out an asbestos abatement project that exceeds 10 linear or 10 square feet.

Asbestos Worker's License: Required for individuals who remove or otherwise engage in an asbestos project.*

Asbestos Supervisor's License: Required for individuals who supervise an asbestos abatement project. The Commonwealth of Virginia National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) Program recognizes the "competent person" as an individual licensed under this classification.*

Asbestos Inspector's License: Required for individuals who inspect buildings to identify asbestos-containing material.*

Asbestos Management Planner's License: Required for individuals who prepare or update an asbestos management plan.*

Asbestos Project Monitor's License: Required for individuals who act as a project monitor on asbestos abatement sites. Project monitors who analyze Phase Contrast Microscopy (PCM) asbestos air samples on an asbestos abatement project shall be employed by a firm that holds a valid Virginia Asbestos Analytical Laboratory license, and shall have National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) 582 training, or equivalent.

Asbestos Analytical Laboratory License: Required for laboratories that analyze air or bulk samples for the presence of asbestos by Polarized Light Microscopy (PLM), PCM, or Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM).

Asbestos Project Designer's License: Required for individuals who prepare or update an asbestos abatement project design, specifications for asbestos abatement projects, and addenda to the specifications.*

Accredited Asbestos Training Program: Required for those who offer asbestos training programs to individuals seeking licensure as an asbestos worker, supervisor, inspector, management planner, project monitor or project designer.

*Employees who conduct asbestos response actions, inspections, prepare management plans or project designs for their employer, on property owned or leased by the employer, are exempt from Virginia asbestos licensure; however, they are required to meet all OSHA and EPA training requirements.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR137-01-02 § 1.1, eff. September 1, 1994; amended, Volume 18, Issue 06, eff. January 2, 2002.

Statutory Authority

§ 54.1-501 of the Code of Virginia.