Lead Paint - hazards and abatement

The State's Cabinet for Health and Family Services has an Environmental Lead Program that is responsible for administering the laws and regulations related to lead detection and abatement.

 

Specific program activities of the program relate to:

• The application process for accreditation of training providers and monitoring of accredited courses.

• Applications for certification to conduct lead-hazard inspections and risk assessments and review of inspection and risk-assessment reports.

• Applications for certification of abatement detection companies, supervisors or workers who wish to conduct lead-hazard abatement.

• Review of abatement plans, issuance of abatement permitsand Inspectors/Risk Assessors conducting quality inspections of abatement sites.

• Complaint investigations related to certification or work practice procedures and standards violations.

• Regulated community and consumer education.

Helpful brochures and information: 

 

•  How to protect your family from lead paint  or click here for spanish version

 

• Reducing Lead Hazards When Remodeling Your Home

 

• Click here for the specific statutes:      902 KAR 48:020. Training and certification requirements for persons who perform lead-hazard detection or lead-hazard abatement.

 

• A handbook for contractors, property managers and maintenance personnel working in homes and child-occupied facilities built before 1978.

 

•  The Lead-Safe Certified Guide to Renovate Right: Important Lead Hazard Information for Families, Child Care Providers and Schools

 

• Other links - click here