As used in this chapter:

1. (1) "Asbestos abatement entity" means any individual, partnership, firm, association, corporation, sole proprietorship, or other business concern, as well as an employee or member of a governmental, religious, or social organization, that is involved in asbestos abatement.
2. (2) "Asbestos project" means an activity associated with abatement, including inspection, design, air monitoring, in-place management, encapsulation, enclosure, renovation, repair, removal, any other disturbance of regulated asbestos-containing materials, and demolition of a regulated facility.
3. (3) "Contractor" means an individual partnership, corporation, or other business concern that performs asbestos abatement for a facility owner which is not a permanent employee of the facility owner.
4. (4) "Department" means the Department of Environmental Services.

HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 431; 2005 Act No. 167, SECTION 1, eff June 7, 2005; 2026 Act No. 146 (H.4189), SECTION 192, eff May 15, 2026.

Effect of Amendment

2026 Act No. 146, SECTION 192, in (4), substituted "Department of Environmental Services" for "South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control".