Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; licensure of mold inspectors and mold remediators; emergency. Renames the Virginia Board for Asbestos, Lead, and Home Inspectors as the Virginia Board for Asbestos, Lead, Mold, and Home Inspectors (the Board) and directs the Board to establish licensing requirements for the practice in the Commonwealth of mold inspection and mold remediation, as those terms are defined in the bill. The bill contains an emergency clause to repeal the provisions of the Virginia Consumer Protection Act passed during the 2024 Session that prohibited the selling or offering for sale services as a professional mold remediator to be performed upon any residential dwelling without holding a mold remediation certification from the Institute of Inspection, Cleaning, and Restoration Certification. Finally, the bill directs the Board to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill and adds one licensed mold inspector or mold remediator member to the Board, with a term to become effective on July 1, 2027.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 54.1-300, 54.1-500, 54.1-500.1, 54.1-501, 54.1-516, 59.1-200
HGL Sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process Substitute: 54.1-300, 54.1-500, 54.1-500.1, 54.1-501, 54.1-516, 59.1-200
General Laws Subcommittee Substitute: 59.1-200
General Laws Substitute: 59.1-200