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Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation

Virginia Board for Asbestos, Lead, and Home Inspectors

Mold Inspector and Mold Remediator Licensing Regulation [18 VAC 15 ‑ 60]

Action	Initial promulgation of Mold Inspector and Mold Remediator Licensing Regulation
Stage	Proposed
Comment Period	Ended on 1/7/2011

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1/1/11 10:07 pm

Commenter: Mold Remediation Consumer

Mold remediation gone wrong!

As a consumer who may be impacted by the proposed legislation, I would like to take an opportunity to voice my concerns on the possibility of allowing an individual company to handle all aspects including investigation, remediation, and post remediation clearance testing. Although I am in agreement that the initial assessment/investigation and remediation can acceptably be completed by an individual entity, I find great concern in allowing that same company to complete post remediation clearance testing. This poses an extreme conflict of interest that can put consumers at great risk.

Although remediation companies might find concern in the financial impacts this could bear, this would not serve as a punishment to reputable companies. However, it would weed out the remaining unethical and incompetent companies who continue to thrive in this industry. It would be a shame to allow companies to continue to provide clearance on their own inept work, while leaving consumers in an unsafe indoor environment that could ultimately prove hazardous to their health and financial well-being.

This has proven to be the case in Virginia where licensed companies who provide a warranty as an incentive to bait consumers. In the meantime, the same company fails to actually complete a complete laboratory test to verify improved air quality but provides a quality assurance test by particle counter. With only a certificate of completion in hand, this requires the consumer to begin the process all over again upon realization that remediation was unsuccessful. This leaves the consumer to rely upon a warranty that many companies fail to uphold after completion of their work while refusing to acknowledge responsibility for an incomplete or unsuccessful remediation.

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