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Below are summaries of California's current laws governing
lead poisoning prevention and pertinent regulations that implement those
laws.
California laws, also referred to as "statutes",
are enacted by the State legislature, through passage of Assembly or Senate
bills.
California regulations, also referred to as "standards",
are written and filed, by one or more State programs, in response to a
law/statute. Regulations/Standards serve to implement the mandates
of a law/statute. In other words, regulations/standards establish
the detailed requirements for doing what the law/statute requires.
California
Lead Laws:
Full text of the laws is available by following the links
on this page. (Follow this link
for full text of all California
laws.)
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Childhood
Lead Poisoning Prevention Act
California
Health & Safety Code 105275 to 105310 (link)
This law establishes the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention
Program within the California Department of Health Services and requires
them to compile information, identify target areas and analyze information
to design and implement a program of medical follow-up and environmental
abatement to reduce childhood lead exposure.
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Reporting
of Elevated Blood Lead Levels
California
Health & Safety Code 124125 to 124165 (link)
This law declares childhood lead exposure as the most
significant childhood environmental health problem in the state.
It mandates medical laboratories to report cases of children with elevated
blood lead levels. It mandates childhood lead poisoning prevention
activities be established by the Department of Health Services, including
identification and selection of target areas for childhood lead screening
programs, field trials of alternative lead abatement technologies, implementation
of a program to identify and follow-up high risk children, provision of
environmental abatement and continued programs to reduce the incidence
of excessive childhood lead exposure.
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Occupational
Lead Poisoning Prevention
California
Health & Safety Code 105185 to 105195 (link)
These laws establishe
an occupational lead poisoning prevention program to register and monitor
laboratory reports of adult lead toxicity cases, monitor reported cases
of occupational lead poisoning to ascertain lead poisoning sources, conduct
investigations of take-home exposure cases, train employees and health
professionals regarding occupational lead poisoning prevention, and recommended
means for lead poisoning prevention.
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Lead
Accreditation and Certification Program
Health
& Safety Code 105250 (link)
This law establishes
a program to accredit lead-related construction training providers and
certify individuals to conduct lead-related construction activities.
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Lead
in Children's Toys
Health
& Safety Code 108550 to 108580 (link)
This law prohibits
the manufacture, sale or exchange of toys with lead content in excess of
the amount permitted by federal regulations.
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Lead
Exposure Screening
Health
& Safety Code 1367.3 to 1374.35 (link)
This law requires
blood lead screening for children covered by health insurance.
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Lead-Safe
Schools Protection Act
Education
Code 32240 to 32245 (link)
This law implements
a lead poisoning prevention and protection program for California schools
to survey and ascertain risk factors that predict lead contamination in
public schools. It establishes guidelines for notification and advisement
regarding survey findings, utilization of state certified workers for activities
to remediate lead-hazards and prohibits the use of potential sources of
lead contamination in public schools.
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Lead-Related
Activities in Construction Work
Labor
Code 6716 to 6717 (link)
This law provides
for the establishment of standards that protect the health and safety of
employees who engage in lead-related construction work, including construction,
demolition, renovation and repair.
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Real
Estate Disclosure Requirements
Civil
Code 1102 to 1102.16 (link)
This law requires
the disclosure of known lead-based paint hazards upon sale of a property.
California
Lead Regulations:
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