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Title 18 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSINGAgency 15 - VIRGINIA BOARD FOR ASBESTOS, LEAD, AND HOME INSPECTORSChapter 40 - HOME INSPECTOR LICENSING REGULATIONS
Part VI - Approval of Prelicense Education Courses, New Residential Structures Training Module, and New Residential Structures Continuing Professional Education
Section 18VAC15-40-240 - New residential structures training module requirements

18 Va. Admin. Code § 15-40-240

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Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 8, December 2, 2024
Section 18VAC15-40-240 - New residential structures training module requirements
A. In order to qualify as an NRS training module under 18VAC15-40-35, the training module must include a minimum of eight contact hours, and the syllabus shall encompass all of the subject areas set forth in subsection B of this section.
B. The following subject areas as they relate to the Virginia Residential Code shall be included in all NRS training modules. The time allocated to each subject area must be sufficient to ensure adequate coverage of the subject as determined by the board.
1. Origin of the Virginia Residential Code.
a. Overview of Title 36 of the Code of Virginia.
b. Roles and responsibilities of the Board of Housing and Community Development and the Department of Housing and Community Development.
c. Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, Part I (13VAC5-63-10 through 13VAC5-63-390 ) of 13VAC5-63.
2. Scope of the Virginia Residential Code.
a. Purpose of the Virginia Residential Code.
b. Exemptions from the Virginia Residential Code.
c. Compliance alternatives.
d. Code official discretion in administration and enforcement of the Virginia Residential Code.
e. Process for amending the Virginia Residential Code.
f. Code violations and enforcement.
(1) Statute of limitations.
(2) Effect of violations.
g. Examples of code and non-code violations.
3. Roles of the building code official and the home inspector, including an overview of § 36-105 of the Code of Virginia.

NOTICE: The following forms used in administering the regulation were filed by the agency. The forms are not being published; however, online users of this issue of the Virginia Register of Regulations may click on the name of a form with a hyperlink to access it. The forms are also available from the agency contact or may be viewed at the Office of the Registrar of Regulations, General Assembly Building, 2nd Floor, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

18 Va. Admin. Code § 15-40-240

Derived From, Virginia Register Volume 33, Issue 14, eff. 4/17/2017; Amended, Virginia Register Volume 33, Issue 19, eff. 7/1/2017.

Statutory Authority: §§ 54.1-201 and 54.1-501 of the Code of Virginia.