Section 520. Inspections

A. Inspections shall be conducted only by persons licensed by the board as an inspector or risk assessor.

B. When conducting an inspection, the following locations shall be selected according to documented methodologies and tested for the presence of lead-based paint:

1. In a residential dwelling or child-occupied facility, each testing combination with a distinct painting history and each exterior testing combination with a distinct painting history shall be tested for lead-based paint, except those testing combinations that the inspector or risk assessor determines to have been replaced after 1978, or do not contain lead-based paint.

2. In a multi-family dwelling or child-occupied facility, each testing combination with a distinct painting history in every common area, except those testing combinations that the inspector or risk assessor determines to have been replaced after 1978, or do not contain lead-based paint.

C. Paint shall be sampled in the following manner:

1. The analysis of paint to determine the presence of lead shall be conducted using documented methodologies that incorporate adequate quality control procedures; and/or

2. Collected paint chips shall be sent to a laboratory recognized by EPA as being capable of performing the analysis.

Historical Notes

Derived from Volume 13, Issue 02, eff. November 13, 1996; amended, Virginia Register Volume 19, Issue 24, eff. October 1, 2003.

Statutory Authority

§ 54.1-501 of the Code of Virginia.