Code of Maine Rules
10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
144 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - GENERAL
Chapter 224 - AIR AND WATER RADON SERVICE PROVIDER REGISTRATION RULES
Part A - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 144-224-A-5 - EXEMPTIONS TO THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS

A. General Provision. The Department may, upon application therefore or upon its own initiative, grant such exemptions or exceptions from the requirements of these regulations as it determines are authorized by law and will not result in undue hazard to public health and safety or property.

B. Government Employees. Qualified State of Maine personnel in the course of their assigned duties, and qualified U.S. Environmental Protection Agency personnel as well as any qualified subcontractor of the State of Maine and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, operating within this State providing the work performed is in accordance with the Radon Measurement Proficiency Program, the Radon Contractor Proficiency Program, and uses associated quality assurance procedures.

C. Residential use. A person performing testing or mitigation on a building owned or inhabited by that person.

D. New construction. A builder utilizing preventive or safeguarding measures in new construction as recommended in "Radon-resistant Residential New Construction" EPA/60018-881087, published by the U.S. EPA, or an equivalent publication as determined by the department.