2016 Delaware Code
Title 16 - Health and Safety
CHAPTER 26. CHILDHOOD LEAD POISONING PREVENTION ACT
§ 2605. Childhood Lead Poisoning Advisory Committee.

(a) There is hereby established the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Advisory Committee to ensure the implementation of the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Act established pursuant to this chapter and to make any necessary recommendations for the implementation of the program or improvements of the processes to be followed by the agencies responsible for the implementation of said plan.

(b) The Committee shall semiannually prepare and distribute a report regarding the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Act, the intervention activities, studies of incidence, the State Blood Lead Screening Program, and monitoring and implementation of regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter.

(c) The Committee shall be cochaired by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services or the Secretary's designee and the Secretary of Education or the Secretary's designee and shall have no more than 7 members. The Secretary of Education and the Secretary of Health and Social Services shall, after consultation with the Governor, appoint 7 members comprised of individuals which shall include a representative of the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families, which must represent the interests of daycare licensing, a representative of the medical community at large who is a practicing physician, an administrative representative of a school district, and a public member.

(d) The Committee will sunset upon full implementation of the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Act.

73 Del. Laws, c. 46, § 2; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1.;