2014 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 30 - INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES
Section 30:5B-5.2 - Radon testing in child care centers, requirements, exceptions

30:5B-5.2. Radon testing in child care centers, requirements, exceptions
1. a. Except as provided in subsection c. of this section, within six months of the effective date of this act, the owner of any building in which a child care center licensed pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1983, c.492 (C.30:5B-1 et seq.) is located shall test or cause to be tested the space in the building in which the child care center is located for the presence of radon gas and radon progeny. The test shall be conducted at least once every five years. If the building has been tested less than five years prior to the effective date of this act, then the test shall be performed within five years of that test and once every five years thereafter.

b.The provisions of section 4 of P.L.1986, c.83 (C.26:2D-73) to the contrary notwithstanding, any owner of a building who tests for the presence of radon gas and radon progeny pursuant to this act or who has performed the test within five years prior to the effective date of this act shall post, within 30 days of the completion of the testing procedures, or within 30 days of the effective date of this act if the test has been performed prior thereto, the results of the test, and any measures taken or proposed to mitigate the presence of radon gas or radon progeny, at a location in the building which is readily visible to persons having responsibility for any child that attends the child care center.

c.The provisions of P.L.1997, c.44 (C.30:5B-5.2)shall not apply to a child care center operated by a nonprofit organization in a public school building used as a public school, until September 1, 2001.

L.1997,c.44,s.1; amended 2000, c.122, s.1.