Welcome To The Public Safety Branch
Environmental Lead Program
275 E. Main St. HS1E-B
Frankfort, KY 40621
Phone: (502) 564-4537
Fax: (502) 564-0885
Jennifer Bell, Acting Branch Manager
Staff Contacts
Laws and Regulations:
Kentucky Environmental Lead Laws: KRS Chapter 211
Kentucky Environmental Lead Regulations: KAR title 902, Chapter 48
Title 902, Chapter 48, #020: Training and certification requirements for persons who perform lead-hazard detection or lead-hazard abatement
Title 902, Chapter 48, #030: Accreditation of training programs and providers of educational programs for individuals who perform lead-hazard detection and abatement
Title 902, Chapter 48, #40: Permit fees, permit requirements and procedures and standards for performing lead-hazard detection and abatement
Penalties for Violations:
http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/KRS/211-00/990.PDF
Forms:
Application for Individual Certification
Application for Company
Application For Abatement Activities
Applicaton for Training Providers
Listings:
Certified Companies
Accredited Training Providers
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Kentucky Environmental Lead Program |
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In response to federal Environmental Protection Agency rules and in order to prevent lead poisoning among Kentuckians, especially young children, Kentucky adopted the Environmental Lead Law - KRS 211.9061 to 211.9079 in June 1996. The law requires that:
- After Jan. 1, 1997, all training programs providing or offering to provide an educational program designed to prepare persons for certification in lead-hazard detection or lead-hazard abatement services, shall be accredited by the Department of Public Health, and
- After July 1, 1997, only persons who have been certified by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services are permitted to conduct lead inspections, risk assessment and abatement activities in residential housing and child occupied facilities built before 1978.
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Links and Contact Information |
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Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
Environmental Protection Agency at www.epa.gov/lead 
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) www.hud.gov/offices/lead
Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA) rules at www.osha.gov/comp-links.html
American Association for Laboratory Accreditation - Frederick, MD 21704
301-644-3248 www.a2la.org
National Lead Information Center Clearinghouse EPA
(800) 424-LEAD
EPA Safe Drinking Water Hotline
(800) 426-4791
Food and Drug Administration
(800) FDA-4010
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Department Responsibility |
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 The Environmental Lead Program is responsible for administering the laws and regulations related to lead detection and abatement.
Specific program activities of the program relate to:
- The application process for accreditation of training providers
and monitoring of accredited courses.
- Applications for certification to conduct lead-hazard inspections and risk assessments and review of inspection and risk-assessment reports.
- Applications for certification of abatement detection companies, supervisors or workers who wish to conduct lead-hazard abatement.
- Review of abatement plans, issuance of abatement permits
and Inspectors/Risk Assessors conducting quality inspections
of abatement sites.
- Complaint investigations related to certification or work practice procedures and standards violations.
- Regulated community and consumer education.
Environmental Lead Program
Important Issues:
- Certification - In order to maintain certification in Kentucky you shall at least thirty (30) days before the expiration date indicated on the certificate, submit to the department:
(a) A completed application
(b) A fee established in Section 8 of administrative regulation 902 KAR 48:020; and
(c) Documentation of successful completion of an approved refresher course for the appropriate discipline, taken within the last 12 months of the certification period.
*After attending an approved initial course and applying for certification by the department you must become certified within 12 months, or otherwise reapply for initial certification and pay the initial fees.
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