(A) When the director determines that a
residential unit, child care facility, or school is a possible source of the
child's lead poisoning, the director shall conduct a public health lead risk
assessment of that property in accordance with paragraphs (G)(1) to (G)(9) of
rule
3701-32-07 of the Administrative
Code. If a public health lead investigator completed one or more of the
components of the public health lead risk assessment when conducting a public
health lead investigation in accordance with rule
3701-30-07 of the Administrative
Code within the previous twenty-eight calendar days, the public health lead
investigator is not required to repeat those components.
(C) At
the conclusion of the public health lead risk assessment, the public health
lead investigator shall prepare a report for each residential unit, child care
facility or school where a public health lead risk assessment was conducted.
The report shall be written in a format prescribed by the director. The report
shall contain the following, as applicable:
(1) Date of the public health lead risk
assessment;
(2) Address, unit
number, and date of construction of each residential unit, child care facility
or school assessed;
(3) Name,
address, and telephone number of the owner or manager of each residential unit,
child care facility or school assessed;
(4) Name, license number, and signature of
the public health lead investigator conducting the public health lead risk
assessment and the name, address, and telephone number of the agency employing
each public health lead investigator;
(5) Name, address, and telephone number of
each environmental lead analytical laboratory approved pursuant to rule
3701-82-02 of the Administrative
Code performing the analysis of any collected environmental samples;
(6) Results of the visual assessment of each
residential unit, child care facility or school assessed;
(7) The testing method and sampling procedure
for paint analysis employed and the specific locations of each component tested
for the presence of lead;
(8) All
data collected from on-site testing, including quality control data and if an
XRF is used, its serial number;
(9)
For residential units, the following statement displayed at the top of the
report in bold letters:
Ohio law (section
5302.30 of the Revised Code)
requires every person who intends to transfer any residential real property by
sale, land installment contract, lease with option to purchase, exchange, or
lease for a term of ninety-nine years and renewable forever, to complete and
provide a copy to the prospective transferee of the applicable property
disclosure forms, disclosing known hazardous conditions of the property,
including lead-based paint hazards.
Federal law ( 24 CFR part 35 and 40 CFR part 745) requires
sellers and lessors of residential units constructed prior to 1978, except
housing for the elderly or persons with disabilities (unless any child who is
less than six years of age resides or is expected to reside in such housing) or
any zero-bedroom dwelling to disclose and provide a copy of this report to new
purchasers or lessees before they become obligated under a lease or sales
contract. Property owners and sellers are also required to distribute an
educational pamphlet approved by the United States environmental protection
agency and include standard warning language in sales contracts or in or
attached to lease contracts to ensure that parents have the information they
need to protect children from lead-based paint hazards.
(10) Background information regarding the
physical characteristics and occupant use patterns that may cause lead hazard
exposure to one or more children;
(11) Results of the lead loading analysis of
dust samples, in micrograms per square foot, a copy of the lab report, and a
diagram of the floor plan of each residential unit, child care facility or
school assessed illustrating the sample locations;
(12) Results of the lead concentration
analysis of soil samples, in parts per million, a copy of the lab report, and a
diagram of each residential unit, child care facility or school assessed
illustrating the sample locations;
(13) Results of the lead concentration
analysis of water samples, in parts per billion and a copy of the lab
report;
(14) A description of the
location and type of identified lead hazards; and
(15) A description of recommended control
options for each identified lead hazard as outlined in rule
3701-30-10 of the Administrative
Code.
(16) A copy of the
performance characteristics sheet for the x-ray fluorescence (XRF) instrument
utilized for paint analysis.
