Virginia Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Agency 30 - DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES › Chapter 20 - SURVEY STANDARDS FOR THE INSPECTION OF HOSPITALS FOR THE PRESENCE OF ASBESTOS › Section 1VAC30-20-10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
				  shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Abatement contractor" means the company or individual
				  properly licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia who routinely conducts
				  asbestos abatement activities such as, but not limited to removal,
				  encapsulation or enclosure of asbestos containing materials in
				  buildings.
"Asbestos" means any material containing more than one
				  percent of the asbestiform varieties of:
1. chrysotile (serpentine),
2. crocidolite (riebeckite),
3. amosite
				(cummingtonite-grunerite),
4.
				anthophyllite,
5. tremolite,
				or
6. actinolite.
"Building manager" means the contact person representing the
				  owning entity at each facility.
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner, Virginia Department of
				  Health.
"Competent personnel" means personnel who are qualified by
				  education or experience to determine the presence of asbestos and to assess its
				  hazard, or to abate any such such hazard by proper encapsulation, enclosure,
				  removal, repair or operations and maintenance of the asbestos containing
				  material and who are licensed by the Virginia Department of Professional and
				  Occupational Regulation pursuant to the requirements of Chapter 5 (§ 54.1-500
				  et seq.) of Title 54.1 of the Code of Virginia. In addition, asbestos
				  inspectors must meet the minimum competency requirements specified in
				  1VAC30-20-40 C of these
				  standards.
"Director" means the Director, Office of Planning and
				  Regulatory Services, Virginia Department of Health.
"Encapsulation" means the treatment of asbestos-containing
				  materials with a material that surrounds or embeds asbestos fibers in an
				  adhesive matrix to prevent the release of fibers, as the encapsulant creates a
				  membrane over the surface (bridging encapsulant) or penetrates the material and
				  binds its components together (penetrating encapsulant).
"Enclosure" means the construction or installation over or
				  about the asbestos-containing material of any solid or flexible coverings,
				  which will not deteriorate or decompose for an extended period of time, so as
				  to conceal the material, contain all asbestos fibers and render the
				  asbestos-containing material inaccessible.
"Facility" means any building built prior to January 1, 1978,
				  in which a hospital is located.
"Friable" means that material which is capable of being
				  crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by hand pressure or which under
				  normal use or maintenance emits or can be expected to emit asbestos fibers into
				  the air.
"Homogenous material" means any material that appears similar
				  in terms of color, texture, pattern, date of material application and
				  functional use
"Inspector" means the individual who physically inspects each
				  building for materials that may contain asbestos, who is properly licensed to
				  conduct building inspections for asbestos by the Virginia Department of
				  Professional and Occupational Regulation pursuant to the requirements of
				  Chapter 5 (§ 54.1-500 et seq.) of Title 54.1 of the Code of Virginia and who
				  meet the additional requirements specified in
				  1VAC30-20-40 C of this
				  chapter.
"Management planner" means the individual who develops the
				  plan to manage any identified or suspect asbestos containing materials in the
				  facility, who is properly licensed by the Virginia Department of Professional
				  and Occupational Regulation as an Asbestos Management Planner pursuant to the
				  requirements of Chapter 5 (§ 54.1-500 et seq.) of Title 54.1 of the Code of
				  Virginia.
"Notification" means the procedure used to inform building
				  occupants and visitors of the location, description and condition of all
				  asbestos containing materials identified or suspected in the facility and of
				  the existence and location of a plan to manage the material.
"Removal" means the physical removal of asbestos-containing
				  material from a building and disposal thereof in accordance with all applicable
				  regulations.
"Repair" means to cause friable asbestos-containing material
				  to be changed or modified to a condition where it is not friable.
"Response actions" means any action, including removal,
				  encapsulation enclosure, repair, method of operation, maintenance, record
				  keeping or notification that protects human health from building materials
				  containing asbestos.
"Significant hazard area" means any area where the asbestos
				  containing material is highly friable, where more than 10% of the material is
				  exposed, where the damage is widespread and the area is accessible to occupants
				  including by any air handling system.
"Team leader" means the individual who is properly licensed
				  as an asbestos inspector and management planner pursuant to the requirements of
				  Chapter 5 (§ 54.1-500 et seq.) of Title 54.1 of the Code of Virginia and who
				  meet the minimum requirements specified in
				  1VAC30-20-40 C of this
				  chapter.
"Varying visible appearance" means any visible difference in
				  size, color, texture, degree of hardness, etc., which may indicate differing
				  material. This term is synonymous with "visually distinct
				  material."
Statutory Authority
§§ 2.1-424 and 2.1-526.14 of the Code of Virginia.