Section 105254 Of Chapter 4. Residential Lead-based Paint Hazard Reduction From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 103. >> Part 5. >> Chapter 4.
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. (a) The following persons engaged in the following types of
lead construction work shall have a certificate:
(1) Persons who receive pay for doing lead hazard evaluations,
including, but not limited to, lead inspections, lead risk
assessments, or lead clearance inspections, in residential or public
buildings.
(2) Persons preparing or designing plans for the abatement of
lead-based paint or lead hazards from residential or public
buildings.
(3) Persons doing any work designed to reduce or eliminate lead
hazards on a permanent basis (to last 20 years or more) from
residential or public buildings.
(4) Persons inspecting for lead or doing lead abatement activities
in a public elementary school, preschool, or day care center.
(5) Persons doing lead-related construction work in a residential
or public building that will expose a person to airborne lead at or
above the eight-hour permissible exposure limit of 50 micrograms per
cubic meter.
(b) Persons performing routine maintenance and repairs in housing
are not required to have a certificate if they are not performing any
of the activities listed under subdivision (a).
(c) The department may adopt regulations to modify certification
requirements for persons engaged in lead construction work based on
changes to state or federal law, or programmatic need.
(d) The department or any local enforcement agency may, consistent
with Section 17972, enter, inspect, and photograph any premises
where abatement or a lead hazard evaluation is being conducted or has
been ordered, enter the place of business of any person who conducts
abatement or lead hazard evaluations, and inspect and copy any
business record of any person who conducts abatement or lead hazard
evaluations to determine whether the person is complying with this
section.
(e) A violation of this section shall be punishable by
imprisonment for not more than six months in the county jail, a fine
of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that
imprisonment and fine.