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Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, § 776: Exemptions, 1989

Sections 774 and 775 do not apply to certain personal-use testing or mitigation, qualifying new-construction work, department employees acting in assigned duties, and testing done with the department’s written approval.

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“Sections 774 and 775 do not apply to certain personal-use testing or mitigation, qualifying new-construction work, department employees acting in assigned duties, and testing done with the department’s written approval.”

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Sections 774 and 775 do not apply to certain personal-use testing or mitigation, qualifying new-construction work, department employees acting in assigned duties, and testing done with the department’s written approval.

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Sections 774 and 775 do not apply to certain personal-use testing or mitigation, qualifying new-construction work, department employees acting in assigned duties, and testing done with the department’s written approval.

The requirements of sections 774 and 775 do not apply to any of the following: [PL 1989, c. 657, §1 (NEW).] 1. Personal use. A person performing testing or mitigation on a building owned or inhabited by that person but not for sale at the time that person performs testing or mitigation on that building; [PL 2001, c. 574, §9 (AMD).] 2. New construction. A builder utilizing preventive or safeguarding measures in new construction as specified in the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code, adopted pursuant to Title 10, chapter 1103; [PL 2011, c. 144, §3 (AMD).] 3. Department employees. Employees of the department in the course of their assigned duties; or [PL 1989, c. 657, §1 (NEW).] 4. Authorized personnel. A person performing testing with the written approval of the department. Registration under section 774 or 775 does not constitute written approval for the purposes of this subsection. [PL 1989, c. 657, §1 (NEW).]
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