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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 18. Professional And Occupational Licensing
Agency 15. Virginia Board For Asbestos, Lead, And Home Inspectors
Chapter 21. Asbestos Licensing Regulations
1/11/2026

18VAC15-21-320. Initial management planner training.

A. An initial management planner training program must last a minimum of two days. The management planner training program must include lectures, demonstrations, a training program review, and an examination.

B. The management planner training program must address the following topics:

1. Training program overview.

a. The role of the management planner.

b. Operations and maintenance programs.

c. Setting work priorities; protection of building occupants.

2. Evaluation and interpretation of survey results.

a. Review of Title II (§ 2641 et seq.) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 USC § 2601 et seq.) requirements for inspection and management plans as given in § 203(i)(1) of the Toxic Substances Control Act.

b. Summarized field data and laboratory results; comparison between field inspector's data sheet with laboratory results and site survey.

3. Hazard assessment.

a. Amplification of the difference between physical assessment and hazard assessment.

b. The role of the management planner in hazard assessment.

c. Explanation of significant damage, damage, potential damage, and potential significant damage and use of a description or decision tree code for assessment of ACM; assessment of friable ACM.

d. Relationship of accessibility, vibration sources, use of adjoining space, air plenums, and other factors to hazard assessment.

4. Legal implications.

a. Liability; insurance issues specific to management planners.

b. Liabilities associated with interim control measures, in-house maintenance, repair, and removal.

c. Use of results from previous inspections.

5. Evaluation and selection of control options.

a. Overview of encapsulation, enclosure, interim operations and maintenance, and removal; advantages and disadvantages of each method.

b. Response actions described via a decision tree or other appropriate method; work practices for each response action.

c. Staging and prioritizing of work in both vacant and occupied buildings.

d. The need for containment barriers and decontamination in response actions.

6. Role of other professionals.

a. Use of industrial hygienists, engineers, and architects in developing technical specifications for response actions.

b. Any requirements that may exist for an architect to sign off on plans.

c. Team approach to the design of high-quality job specifications.

7. Developing an operations and maintenance (O&M) plan.

a. Purpose of the plan.

b. Discussion of applicable EPA guidance documents.

c. What actions should be taken by custodial staff; proper cleaning procedures; steam cleaning and high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) vacuuming.

d. Reducing disturbance of ACM.

e. Scheduling O&M for off-hours; rescheduling or canceling renovation in areas with ACM.

f. Boiler room maintenance.

g. Disposal of ACM.

h. In-house procedures for ACM, including bridging and penetrating encapsulants, pipe fittings, metal sleeves, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), canvas, and wet wraps; muslin with straps; fiber mesh cloth; mineral wool; and insulating cement.

i. Discussion of employee protection programs and staff training.

j. Case study in developing an O&M plan (development, implementation process, and problems that have been experienced).

8. Recordkeeping for the management planner.

a. Use of field inspector's data sheet along with laboratory results.

b. Ongoing recordkeeping as a means to track asbestos disturbance.

c. Procedures for recordkeeping.

9. Assembling and submitting the management plan.

a. Plan requirements in § 203(i)(1) of the of the Toxic Substances Control Act.

b. The management plan as a planning tool.

10. Financing abatement actions.

a. Economic analysis and cost estimates.

b. Development of cost estimates.

c. Present costs of abatement versus future operations and maintenance costs.

d. Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act grants and loans.

11. A review of key aspects of the accredited asbestos training program.

C. Upon completion of the management planner training program, the training program must administer a closed-book examination. Each examination must cover the topics required by this section.

1. Each examination must have 100 multiple choice questions.

2. The passing score on the examination must be 70%.

Statutory Authority

§ 54.1-501 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 42, Issue 8, eff. January 2, 2026.

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