Prohibition on performing services or advertising as certified contractor, specialist unless properly certified - Official certification list - Health and safety information.

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A. No lead-based paint contractor shall perform or offer to perform lead-based paint services upon any target housing or child-occupied facilities unless such person is certified by the Department prior to performing or offering to perform such services.

B. No individual shall advertise or otherwise present himself as a certified lead-based paint contractor or specialist, for purposes of offering to perform or performing lead-based paint services unless certified by the Department pursuant to this article and rules promulgated thereunder.

C. Certified lead-based paint contractors and specialists shall use only environmental sampling laboratories that are part of an effective voluntary accreditation program as determined by the federal Environmental Protection Agency or which are federally certified to analyze for lead in paint films, soil and dust.

D. The Department shall maintain an official listing of the names and addresses of all certified lead-based paint contractors and specialists and make such list available to any person requesting it upon payment of a copying fee established by the Environmental Quality Board.

E. The State Department of Labor shall provide health and safety information on lead abatement to all lead-based paint contractors and specialists certified pursuant to the terms of this article.

Added by Laws 1994, c. 321, § 6, eff. July 1, 1994. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 114, § 4, emerg. eff. April 15, 1997.


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