Title 18, Title 18: Health

§ 1755. Universal testing (a) All health care providers who provide primary health care to children shall test children one and two years of age for elevated blood lead levels in accordance with rules adopted by the Commissioner. (b) [Repealed.] (c) All health care providers who …

§ 1756. Annual report (a) The Commissioner shall, at least annually, analyze and summarize all aggregate lead screening and testing information provided by physicians, health care facilities, and laboratories and provide this information to all other local and State agencies invo…

§ 1757. Children with elevated blood lead levels (a) The Commissioner shall adopt rules pursuant to 3 V.S.A. chapter 25 regarding: (1) the method and frequency with which children shall be tested for elevated blood lead levels; (2) the reporting requirements for the lead test res…

§ 1759. RRPM activities (a)(1) RRPM activities include activities that disturb lead-based paint on target housing and child-occupied facilities, unless the property has been certified as lead-free pursuant to subsection (e) of this section. RRPM practices for target rental housin…

§ 1760. Presumption of lead-based paint; prohibited and unsafe work practices (a) All paint in target housing, child-occupied facilities, and pre-1978 public facilities, commercial facilities, and bridges or other superstructures is presumed to be lead-based unless the component …

§ 1761. Duty of reasonable care; negligence; liability (a) An owner of rental target housing or a child care facility or an owner’s representative shall take reasonable care to prevent exposure to, and the creation of, lead hazards. In an action brought under this section, eviden…

§ 1762. Secured lenders and fiduciaries; liability (a) A person who holds indicia of ownership in rental target housing or a child care facility furnished by the owner or person in lawful possession, for the primary purpose of assuring repayment of a financial obligation, and who…

§ 1763. Public financial assistance; rental target housing and child care facilities Every State agency or instrumentality that makes a commitment to provide public financial assistance for the purchase or rehabilitation of rental target housing or child care facilities shall giv…

§ 1764. Lead inspectors; financial responsibility (a) The Commissioner shall require that a licensee or an applicant for a license under subsection 1752(e) of this chapter provide evidence of ability to indemnify properly a person who suffers damage from lead-based paint activiti…

§ 1765. Liability insurance (a) If the Commissioner of Financial Regulation determines that lead hazards have substantially diminished the availability of liability insurance for owners of rental target housing or child care facilities and that a voluntary market assistance plan …

§ 1766. Enforcement; administrative penalties (a) A person who violates this chapter may be subject to an administrative penalty not to exceed $5,000.00 for each determination of a separate violation. If the Commissioner determines that a violation is continuing, each day’s conti…

§ 1767. Transfer of ownership of target housing; RRPM compliance (a) Prior to the time a purchase and sale agreement for target housing is executed, the seller shall provide the buyer with materials approved by the Commissioner, including a lead hazard brochure and materials on o…