Ch. 114                                        1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

BY repealing

Article - Environment

Section 6-601 through 6-608, inclusive, and the subtitle "Subtitle 6. Lead
Poisoning"

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1993 Replacement Volume)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article— Environment

SUBTITLE 8. REDUCTION OF LEAD RISK IN HOUSING
PART I. DEFINITIONS; GENERAL PROVISIONS

6-801.

(A)     IN THIS SUBTITLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS
INDICATED.

(B)     (1) "AFFECTED PROPERTY" MEANS A PROPERTY CONSTRUCTED
BEFORE 1950 WHICH CONTAINS:

(I) AT LEAST ONE RENTAL DWELLING UNIT; OR

(II) A CHILD-CARE CENTER.

(2) "AFFECTED PROPERTY" INCLUDES AN INDIVIDUAL RENTAL
DWELLING UNIT WITHIN A MULTI-FAMILY RENTAL DWELLING.

(C) "CHILD" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL UNDER THE AGE OF 6 YEARS.

(D) (1) "CHILD CARE CENTER" MEANS AN AGENCY, INSTITUTION, OR
ESTABLISHMENT THAT, FOR PART OR ALL OF A DAY, OR ON A 24 HOUR BASIS ON A
REGULAR SCHEDULE, AND AT LEAST TWICE A WEEK, OFFERS OR PROVIDES CHILD
CARE TO CHILDREN WHO DO NOT HAVE THE SAME PARENTAGE EXCEPT AS
OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR IN LAW OR REGULATION.

(2) "CHILD CARE CENTER" INCLUDES ANY NONPUBLIC SCHOOL IN
WHICH AN INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM IS OFFERED OR PROVIDED TO A CHILD.

(E) "COMMISSION" MEANS THE LEAD POISONING PREVENTION COMMISSION.

(F) "ELEVATED BLOOD LEAD" OR "EBL" MEANS A QUANTITY OF LEAD IN
WHOLE VENOUS BLOOD, EXPRESSED IN MICROGRAMS PER DECILITER (UG/DL),
THAT EXCEEDS THE LEVEL DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT BY REGULATION.

(G) (1) "EXTERIOR SURFACES" MEANS ALL SURFACES LOCATED ON THE
EXTERIOR OF AN AFFECTED PROPERTY THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE TO A CHILD OR ARE
ADJACENT TO, OR CLOSE BY, AREAS FREQUENTED BY A CHILD.

(2) "EXTERIOR SURFACES" DO NOT INCLUDE:

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