2015 New York Laws
LAB - Labor
Article 32 - LICENSING OF MOLD INSPECTION, ASSESSMENT AND REMEDIATION SPECIALISTS AND MINIMUM WORK STANDARDS
Title 1 - (930 - 940) LICENSING OF MOLD INSPECTION, ASSESSMENT AND REMEDIATION SPECIALISTS AND MINIMUM WORK STANDARDS
930 - Definitions.

 930. Definitions. As used in this article: 1. "Department" means the
  department of labor.
2.  "Mold"  means  any  indoor  multi-cellular fungi growth capable of
  creating toxins that can cause pulmonary, respiratory,  neurological  or
  other  major  illnesses  after  minimal  exposure,  as  such exposure is
  defined by the environmental  protection  agency,  centers  for  disease
  control  and prevention, national institute of health, or other federal,
  state, or local agency organized to study and/or protect human health.
3. "Mold  remediation"  means  conducting  the  business  of  removal,
  cleaning, sanitizing, or surface disinfection of mold, mold containment,
  and  waste  handling  of  mold  and  materials  used to remove mold from
  surfaces by a business enterprise, including but not  limited  to,  sole
  proprietorships. Mold remediation for the purposes of this article shall
  not  include  remediation of the underlying sources of moisture that may
  be the cause of mold  that  requires  expertise  not  specific  to  acts
  authorized under this article.
4.  "Mold  assessment"  means  an  inspection  or  assessment  of real
  property that is designed to discover mold, conditions  that  facilitate
  mold,  indicia  of conditions that are likely to facilitate mold, or any
  combination thereof.
5. "Mold abatement" means the act of removal, cleaning, sanitizing, or
  surface disinfection of mold, mold containment, and  waste  handling  of
  mold and materials used to remove mold from surfaces by an individual.
6.   "Project"  means  mold  remediation,  mold  assessment,  or  mold
  abatement, of areas greater than ten square feet, but does  not  include
  (a)  routine  cleaning  or  (b)  construction,  maintenance,  repair  or
  demolition of buildings, structures or fixtures undertaken for  purposes
  other than mold remediation or abatement.
7. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of labor.