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136B.1 RADON TESTING AND ABATEMENT PROGRAM.
1. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise
requires, "department" means the Iowa department of public
health.
2. The department shall establish programs and adopt rules for
the certification of persons who test for the presence of radon gas
and radon progeny in buildings, the credentialing of persons abating
the level of radon in buildings, and standards for radon abatement
systems.
3. Following the establishment of the certification and
credentialing programs by the department, a person who is not
certified, as appropriate, shall not test for the presence of radon
gas and radon progeny, and a person who is not credentialed, as
required, shall not perform abatement measures. This section does
not apply to a person performing the testing or abatement on a
building which the person owns, or to a person performing testing or
abatement without compensation.
4. For the purposes of this section, radon abatement systems
shall be classified as mechanical ventilation systems. Section History: Recent Form
88 Acts, ch 1237, § 1; 89 Acts, ch 224, § 1; 2004 Acts, ch 1168,
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Referred to in § 136B.2, 136B.3, 136B.4
