Section 1958.001 - Definitions In this chapter:
(1) "Advisory board" means the Mold Assessment and Remediation Advisory Board. (1-a)[Added by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 282]"Commission" means the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation. (1-a) "Department" means the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.(2) "Executive director" means the executive director of the department.(3) "License" means a license issued under this chapter.(4) "Mold" means any living or dead fungi or related products or parts, including spores, hyphae, and mycotoxins.(5) "Mold assessment" means: (A) an inspection, investigation, or survey of a dwelling or other structure to provide the owner or occupant with information regarding the presence, identification, or evaluation of mold;(B) the development of a mold management plan or remediation protocol; or(C) the collection or analysis of a mold sample.(6) "Mold remediation" means the removal, cleaning, sanitizing, demolition, or other treatment, including preventive activities, of mold or mold-contaminated matter that was not purposely grown at that location.Tex. Occ. Code § 1958.001
Amended by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 282,Sec. 1, eff. 5/29/2023.Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 838,Sec. 1.278, eff. 9/1/2017.Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1,Sec. 5.292, eff. 4/2/2015.Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 205, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2003.