NORMI trademarks a competing mold protocol
Archive story from the 2026-07-16 edition. This is the reporting as filed; source publication and event dates may differ. Check the dated storyline for subsequent developments.
NORMI published and trademarked its Medically-Sound Level 4 Protocol™, a branded mold-remediation protocol alongside the ANSI/IICRC S520 standard.
Why it matters
Connecticut's new law accepts IICRC or NORMI certification. Now those two bodies are shipping competing protocols, which means competing definitions of "done right" in a state that just made the certification mandatory.
Our assessment
Two certifying bodies shipping competing protocols sounds like an argument between standards people. It becomes your argument the first time an adjuster asks why you followed one and not the other. Pick the protocol you will run, write the reason into your mold scope template, and be ready to explain in one paragraph why your work meets the standard your state accepts.
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