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California, during the last decade, enacted
landmark legislation to prevent childhood lead poisoning.
This legislation has established the Childhood Lead Poisoning
Prevention Branch (CLPPB) a children's environmental health
program offering multi-layered solutions to this complex
problem.
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Lead Laws & Regulations
(Para ver esta página en español, haga clic aquí.)
New! - The updated Title 17, California Code of Regulations, Division 1, Chapter 8:
Accreditation, Certification and Work Practices for Lead-Based Paint and Lead
Hazards. was released on April 30, 2008.
New! - The U.S. EPA has released the Renovation, Remodeling and Painting Rule.
Below are summaries of California's current laws governing
lead poisoning prevention and pertinent regulations that implement those
laws.
California laws, also referred to as "statutes", are
enacted by the State legislature, through passage of Assembly or Senate
bills.
California regulations, also referred to as
"standards", are written and filed, by one or more State programs, in response
to a law/statute. Regulations/Standards serve to implement the mandates
of a law/statute. In other words, regulations/standards establish the
detailed requirements for doing what the law/statute requires. California Lead Laws
Full text of the laws is available by following the links on this
page. (Follow this link for full
text of all California
laws.)
- Lead Hazard Reduction Enforcement
Senate Bill 460 - Complete Text
Senate Bill 460 - Frequently Asked Questions
This bill was designed to provide the Department of Health Services and local enforcement agencies the authority to issue orders to abate or otherwise correct a lead hazard.
Assembly Bill 2861 - Complete Text
This bill was designed to clarify and increase the penalties related to orders to abate lead hazards.
- Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention
Act
California
Health & Safety Code 105275 to 105310
This law establishes the Childhood
Lead Poisoning Prevention Program within the California Department of Health
Services and requires them to compile information, identify target areas and
analyze information to design and implement a program of medical follow-up and
environmental abatement to reduce childhood lead exposure.
- Reporting of Elevated Blood Lead
Levels
California
Health & Safety Code 124125 to 124165
This law declares childhood lead exposure as the most
significant childhood environmental health problem in the state. It
mandates medical laboratories to report cases of children with elevated blood
lead levels. It mandates childhood lead poisoning prevention activities
be established by the Department of Health Services, including identification
and selection of target areas for childhood lead screening programs, field
trials of alternative lead abatement technologies, implementation of a program
to identify and follow-up high risk children, provision of environmental
abatement and continued programs to reduce the incidence of excessive
childhood lead exposure.
- Occupational Lead Poisoning
Prevention
California
Health & Safety Code 105185 to 105195
These laws establish an occupational lead poisoning prevention
program to register and monitor laboratory reports of adult lead toxicity
cases, monitor reported cases of occupational lead poisoning to ascertain lead
poisoning sources, conduct investigations of take-home exposure cases, train
employees and health professionals regarding occupational lead poisoning
prevention, and recommended means for lead poisoning prevention.
- Lead Accreditation and
Certification Program
Health
& Safety Code 105250
This law establishes a
program to accredit lead-related construction training providers and certify
individuals to conduct lead-related construction activities.
- Lead in Children's
Toys
Health
& Safety Code 108550 to 108580
This law prohibits the manufacture, sale or exchange of toys with lead
content in excess of the amount permitted by federal
regulations.
- Lead Exposure
Screening
Health
& Safety Code 1367.3 to 1374.35
This law requires blood lead screening for children covered by health
insurance.
- Lead-Safe Schools Protection
Act
Education
Code 32240 to 32245
This law implements a
lead poisoning prevention and protection program for California schools to
survey and ascertain risk factors that predict lead contamination in public
schools. It establishes guidelines for notification and advisement
regarding survey findings, utilization of state certified workers for
activities to remediate lead-hazards and prohibits the use of potential
sources of lead contamination in public schools.
- Lead-Related Activities in
Construction Work
Labor
Code 6716 to 6717
This law provides for the
establishment of standards that protect the health and safety of employees who
engage in lead-related construction work, including construction, demolition,
renovation and repair.
- Real Estate Disclosure
Requirements
Civil
Code 1102 to 1102.16
This law requires the
disclosure of known lead-based paint hazards upon sale of a
property.
California Lead Regulations
The files below are in
Portable Data Format (PDF). Follow this link
to go to the Adobe Homepage
and download the Acrobat Reader you will need to read the files.
(It's free!)
Title 8, California Code
of Regulations, Section 1532.1:
Cal/OSHA Construction Safety Orders, Lead
These regulations implement California's Labor Code 6716 - 6717.
Federal Laws/Regulations
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