The following has been posted to the TDLR website. Please take time to read it and comment. This is a pre-curser to deregulation and we as an organization are forming a formal response. Please share and comment.

Notice of Intent to Review Rules

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (Department) is reviewing the Mold Assessors and Remediators program rules located at Title 16, Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 78 for re-adoption, revision, or repeal. This rule review is required every four years.

The Notice of Intent to Review was published in the Texas Register on September 3, 2021 (46 TexReg 5597), as part of a combined notice with several other rule chapters undergoing simultaneous review. The Department will determine whether the reasons for adopting or readopting these rules continue to exist by answering the following questions for each rule:

• Is it obsolete?
• Does it reflect current legal and policy considerations?
• Is it in alignment with the current procedures of the Department?

The Department encourages anyone interested in the Mold Assessors and Remediators program, under Chapter 78, to review the Notice of Intent to Review and the current chapter rules posted on the Department’s website.

Comments may be submitted electronically on the Department’s website at https://ga.tdlr.texas.gov:1443/form/gcerules (select the appropriate chapter name for your comment).