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211.9061 Definitions for KRS 211.9061 to 211.9079 and KRS 211.990.
For the purposes of KRS 211.9061 to 211.9079 and KRS 211.990:
(1) "Child-occupied facility" means a building, or portion of a building constructed
prior to 1978 other than target housing in which a child, six (6) years of age or
under, spends at least three (3) hours a day, two (2) days a week, including but
not limited to, child day-care facilities, family child-care homes, pre-schools,
and kindergarten classrooms;
(2) "Department" means the Department for Public Health;
(3) "Lead-hazard detection" means an inspection or risk assessment conducted to
determine the existence, nature, severity, and location of lead hazards;
(4) (a) "Lead-hazard abatement" means a set of measures designed and
intended to permanently eliminate lead hazards in a manner which will
protect children and adults from the risk of lead poisoning, including the
following:
1.
Removal, encapsulation, or enclosure of lead hazards;
2.
Replacement of lead-contaminated surfaces or fixtures;
3.
Removal or covering of lead-contaminated soil; and
4.
Site preparation and cleanup, preparation of debris for disposal, and
other post-abatement activities which are conducted at the site and
are associated with the abatement.
(b) "Lead-hazard abatement" does not include the following:
1.
Renovation, remodeling, or landscaping activities which are not
designed to permanently eliminate lead hazards, but are designed to
repair, restore, or remodel a structure or a dwelling, even though
these activities may incidentally result in a reduction or elimination of
lead hazards; or
2.
Interim controls, operations and maintenance activities, or other
measures or activities designed to temporarily, but not permanently,
reduce lead hazards; and
(5) "Target housing" means any housing constructed prior to 1978, except housing
for the elderly or persons with disabilities in which no child less than six (6)
years of age resides or is expected to reside.
Effective:July 15, 1998
History: Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 331, effective July 15, 1998. -Created 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 168, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1996.
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