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Should A Mold Remediator Perform Mold Assessments? Part 3
Jason Yost • July 24, 2024
Should A Mold Remediator Perform Mold Assessments? Part 3
Since writing the second installment on this series of blog, I have been asked a lot of questions about the hotel owner and mold assessor (mentioned in that blog). Questions like: "Why would that guy [who performed the mold assessment] do that? Why not just be upfront with the hotel owner?" The answer is rather simple:
The Florida statutes governing licensed mold service providers includes the following:
Section 468.8419(1)(d) provides that the mold assessor nor the company where the mold assessor works should "perform or offer to perform any mold remediation to a structure on which the mold assessor or the mold assessor’s company provided a mold assessment within the last 12 months.”
Likewise, section 468.8419(2)(d) provides that the mold remediator nor the company where the mold remediator works should "perform or offer to perform any mold assessment to a structure on which the mold remediator or the mold remediator’s company provided a mold remediation within the last 12 months."
By (1) not being up-front with the hotel owner, (2) not providing the hotel owner the protocol that he'd requested, (3) then obstructing other mold remediators from performing the work for the hotel owner, the mold assessor could buy time, holding out for that 12 month period, so he could sell the hotel owner on his mold remediation services rather than see the hotel owner hire a different mold remediator.
Thank you for the questions. If you have a question, feel free to email me at jason@gulfcoastiaq.com. Additionally, if you have a mold assessment need, contact the Gulf Coast Center for Indoor Air Quality Services, and let’s discuss how we may best serve you.
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