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...y the director regarding durability and safety to workers and residents. (5) Establish liaisons and cooperate with the directors or agencies in states having lead abatement, licensing, accreditation, certification, and approval programs to promote consistency between the requirements of this chapter and those of other states in order to facilitate reciprocity of the programs among states; (6) Establish a progra...

...(A)(1) The director of health shall issue lead inspector, lead abatement contractor, lead risk assessor, lead abatement project designer, lead abatement worker, and clearance technician licenses. Except as provided in division (C) of this section, the director shall issue a license to an applicant who meets all of the following requirements: (a) Submits an application to the director on a form prescribed by the dir...

...sidential unit, child care facility, or school: (A) No lead abatement contractor shall provide lead testing services or professional advice regarding lead abatement unless that service or advice is provided by a lead inspector or lead risk assessor who is licensed under section 3742.05 of the Revised Code and is employed by the lead abatement contractor. (B) No person shall provide advice on the need for lead abate...

...26.62 by the United States occupational safety and health administration.

...idential unit, child care facility, or school or a person employed to perform lead abatement.

...(A)(1) The director of health shall conduct, specify requirements by rule, or approve training programs for licensure of lead inspectors, lead abatement contractors, lead risk assessors, lead abatement project designers, lead abatement workers, and clearance technicians. In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the director shall adopt rules establishing all of the following: (a) A system for accreditat...

...(A) Any person desiring approval from the director of health for an environmental lead analytical laboratory or a clinical laboratory to perform lead testing shall submit an application for approval to the director on forms that he shall prescribe and provide. (B) The director shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to establish all of the following: (1) Procedures and criteria for ap...

...(A) The director of health shall maintain a list of both of the following: (1) Lead inspectors, lead abatement contractors, lead risk assessors, lead abatement project designers, lead abatement workers, and clearance technicians licensed under this chapter; (2) Training programs approved under section 3742.08 of the Revised Code. (B) Information contained in any list maintained under this section is a public reco...

...Any property owner or manager, at any time, may employ a lead inspector to conduct a lead inspection; a lead risk assessor to conduct a lead risk assessment; or a clearance technician, lead inspector, or lead risk assessor to conduct a clearance examination of the property, and may provide a copy of the report based on that inspection, assessment, or examination to the director of health. The director shall includ...

...Any person may file a complaint with the director of health concerning a lead inspector, a lead abatement contractor, a lead risk assessor, a lead abatement project designer, a lead abatement worker, a clearance technician, a clinical laboratory, an environmental lead analytical laboratory, or a training course. The complainant's name shall be confidential and shall not be released without the complainant's written ...

...In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the director of health may refuse to issue or renew, or may suspend or revoke, a license, an accreditation or certification, or an approval of any person, program, or laboratory for one or more of the following reasons: (A) Violation of any provision of this chapter or the rules adopted under it; (B) Failure to pay the fee for the issuance or renewal of a license...

...(A) Where any person is licensed by the department of health to engage in lead abatement, lead inspection, lead risk assessment, clearance examination, or any other activity under this chapter, the liability of that person, when performing the activity in accordance with procedures established pursuant to state or federal law, for an injury to any individual or property caused or related to the activity shall be limi...

...(A)(1) At the request of the director of health, the attorney general may commence a civil action for civil penalties and injunctive and other equitable relief against any person who violates section 3742.02, 3742.06, or 3742.07 of the Revised Code. The action shall be commenced in the court of common pleas of the county in which the violation occurred or is about to occur. (2) The court shall grant injunctive and ...

...Except for any licensing examination fee collected and retained by an entity under contract pursuant to division (B) of section 3742.08 of the Revised Code, all fees collected under sections 3742.01 to 3742.18 of the Revised Code; any grant, contribution, or other moneys received for the purposes of those sections; and fines collected under section 3742.99 of the Revised Code shall be deposited into the state treas...

...On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the director of health shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a license issued pursuant to this chapter.

...Each child at risk of lead poisoning shall undergo a blood lead screening test to determine whether the child has lead poisoning. The at-risk children shall undergo the test at times determined by rules the director of health shall adopt in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that are consistent with the guidelines established by the centers for disease control and prevention in the public health s...

...(A) The director of health shall establish, promote, and maintain a child lead poisoning prevention program. The program shall provide statewide coordination of screening, diagnosis, and treatment services for children under age six, including both of the following: (1) Collecting the social security numbers of all children screened, diagnosed, or treated as part of the program's case management system; (2) Disclos...

...(A) The director of health shall appoint an advisory council to assist in the ongoing development and implementation of the child lead poisoning prevention program created under section 3742.31 of the Revised Code. The advisory council shall consist of the following members: (1) A representative of the department of medicaid; (2) A representative of the bureau of child care in the department of job and family s...

...If the director of health determines that a board of health can satisfactorily enforce sections 3742.35 to 3742.40 of the Revised Code, the director may delegate the authority to enforce those sections to the board. The director may revoke the delegation of authority at any time by written notice delivered to the board of health by certified mail.

...sidential unit, child care facility, or school that the director or board reasonably suspects to be the source of the lead poisoning. If the property is occupied, the director or board shall ask the occupant for permission. If the property is not occupied, the director or board shall ask the property owner or manager for permission. If the occupant, owner, or manager fails or refuses to permit entry, the director or ...

...sidential unit, child care facility, or school is a possible source of the child's lead poisoning, the director or board shall conduct a risk assessment of that property in accordance with rules adopted under section 3742.45 of the Revised Code.

...idential unit, child care facility, or school are contributing to a child's lead poisoning, the director of health or authorized board of health immediately shall issue an order to have each lead hazard in the property controlled. The areas of the unit, facility, or school that may be subject to the lead hazard control order include the following: (1) The interior and exterior surfaces and all common areas of the u...

...sidential unit, child care facility, or school that is subject to a lead hazard control order issued under section 3742.37 of the Revised Code shall cooperate with the director of health or board of health that issued the order in controlling each lead hazard specified in the order. The owner or manager shall choose a method of controlling each lead hazard that enables the residential unit, child care facility, or sc...

...sidential unit, child care facility, or school remains subject to a lead hazard control order issued under section 3742.37 of the Revised Code until the unit, facility, or school passes a clearance examination. After the unit, facility, or school passes the clearance examination, the director of health or board of health that issued the order shall provide the owner and manager of the unit, facility, or school with i...

...sidential unit, child care facility, or school fails or refuses for any reason to comply with a lead hazard control order issued under section 3742.37 of the Revised Code, the director of health or board of health that issued the order shall issue an order prohibiting the owner and manager from permitting the unit, facility, or school to be used for any purpose until the unit, facility, or school passes a clearance e...