Ch. 114                                        1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(9) HEPA-VACUUMING AND WASHING WITH HIGH PHOSPHATE
DETERGENT OR ITS EQUIVALENT, AS DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT, ANY
AREA OF THE AFFECTED PROPERTY WHERE REPAIRS WERE MADE.

(B) (1) A TENANT OF AN AFFECTED PROPERTY SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO
MAY NOTIFY THE OWNER OF THE AFFECTED PROPERTY OF DEFECTS A DEFECT IN
THE AFFECTED PROPERTY THAT ARE RELATED TO THE MODIFIED RISK REDUCTION
STANDARD UNDER THIS SECTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SUBSECTION.

(2) NOTICE OF A DEFECT UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL CONSIST OF:

(I) IF THE MODIFIED RISK REDUCTION STANDARD HAS NOT BEEN
SATISFIED FOR THE AFFECTED PROPERTY, THE PRESENCE OF CHIPPING, PEELING,
OR FLAKING PAINT ON THE INTERIOR OR EXTERIOR SURFACES OF THE AFFECTED
PROPERTY OR OF A STRUCTURAL DEFECT CAUSING CHIPPING, PEELING, OR
FLAKING PAINT IN THE AFFECTED PROPERTY; OR

(II) IF THE MODIFIED RISK REDUCTION STANDARD HAS BEEN
SATISFIED FOR THE AFFECTED PROPERTY, A DEFECT RELATING TO THE MODIFIED
RISK REDUCTION STANDARD.

(C) (1) AFTER SEPTEMBER 30, 1994, AN OWNER OF AN AFFECTED PROPERTY
SHALL SATISFY THE MODIFIED RISK REDUCTION STANDARD:

(I) WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF WRITTEN NOTICE THAT A
PERSON AT RISK WHO RESIDES IN THE PROPERTY HAS AN ELEVATED BLOOD LEAD
LEVEL GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 15 UG/DL; OR

(II) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION,
WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF WRITTEN NOTICE FROM THE TENANT, OR FROM
ANY OTHER SOURCE, OF:

1. A DEFECT IN THE PROPERTY THAT IS RELATED TO THE
MODIFIED RISK REDUCTION STANDARD; AND

2. THE EXISTENCE OF A PERSON AT RISK IN THE AFFECTED
PROPERTY.

(2) AFTER SEPTEMBER 30, 1994, AND BEFORE DECEMBER 1, 1995, AN
OWNER OF A NUMBER OF AFFECTED PROPERTIES SHALL SATISFY THE MODIFIED
RISK REDUCTION STANDARD WITHIN THE SPECIFIED PERIOD AFTER RECEIPT OF
WRITTEN NOTICE FROM THE TENANT, OR FROM ANY OTHER SOURCE, OF A DEFECT
IN THE PROPERTY THAT IS RELATED TO THE MODIFIED RISK REDUCTION
STANDARD AND OF THE EXISTENCE OF A PERSON AT RISK IN THE AFFECTED
PROPERTY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SCHEDULE:

(I) FOR AN OWNER OF 300 OR FEWER AFFECTED PROPERTIES,
WITHIN 30 DAYS; AND

(II) FOR AN OWNER OF MORE THAN 300 AFFECTED PROPERTIES,
WITHIN 60 DAYS.

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