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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor Ch. 418
(I) A VENOUS BLOOD TEST: OR
(II) TWO CAPILLARY BLOOD TESTS TAKEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH
PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION.
(2) IF THE CAPILLARY BLOOD TEST METHOD IS USED. AN INDIVIDUAL
SHALL:
(I) HAVE A FIRST SAMPLE OF CAPILLARY BLOOD DRAWN AND
TESTED; AND
(II) HAVE A SECOND SAMPLE OF CAPILLARY BLOOD DRAWN AND
TESTED WITHIN 84 DAYS AFTER THE FIRST SAMPLE IS DRAWN.
(3) IF THE RESULT OF ONE CAPILLARY BLOOD TEST WOULD REQUIRE
ACTION UNDER THIS SUBTITLE AND THE OTHER RESULT WOULD NOT. AN
INDIVIDUAL'S ELEVATED BLOOD LEAD LEVEL SHALL BE CONFIRMED BY A VENOUS
BLOOD TEST.
6-830.
(A) If, between February 24, 1996 and February 23, 2001, inclusive, the
concentration of lead in a whole venous blood sample OR CAPILLARY BLOOD SAMPLE
OBTAINED USING A METHOD APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT of a person at risk
tested within 30 days after the person at risk begins residence or to regularly spend
at least 24 hours per week in an affected property that is certified as being in
compliance with the provisions of § 6-815 of this subtitle is greater than or equal to
25 ug/dl, or, between February 24, 2001 and February 23, 2006, inclusive, greater
than or equal to 20 ug/dl, or, on or after February 24, 2006, greater than or equal to 15
ug/dl, it shall be presumed that the ingestion of lead occurred before a person at risk
began residing or regularly spending at least 24 hours per week in the affected
property.
(B) ON OR AFTER JULY 7, 2006, THE EBL CONCENTRATION OF LEAD IN A
BLOOD SAMPLE SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH § 6-801(F) OF THIS
SUBTITLE.
Article - Housing and Community Development
4-708.
(a) There is a Lead Hazard Reduction Grant Program.
(b) The Department may make a grant solely to finance a lead hazard
reduction activity that:
(1) is a program that tests innovative or unproven methods of lead
hazard reduction; or
(2) is in a residential property in an area designated by the Department
to have a concentration of:
(i) families of limited income; and
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