Sec. 2. Definitions
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In this Act: The term indoor residential mold means any form of multicellular fungi in indoor environments, including cladosporium, penicillium, alternaria, aspergillus, fusarium, trichoderma, memnoniella, mucor, stachybotrys chartarum, streptomyces, and epicoccumoften found in water-damaged indoor environments and building materials. The term residential mold inspection means an inspection, by a certified or licensed mold inspector or other indoor environmental professional, including through the Real Estate Assessment Center, of real property that is designed to discover— indoor mold growth in residential properties; conditions that facilitate indoor residential mold growth; or indicia of conditions that are likely to facilitate indoor residential mold growth.
The term toxigenic mold means any indoor mold growth that may be capable of producing a toxin or toxic compound, including mycotoxins and mVOCs, that can cause pulmonary, respiratory, neurological, gastrointestinal, or dermatological illnesses, or other major adverse health impacts, as jointly determined by the Director of the National Institutes of Health, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.