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NH Rev Stat § 130-A:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 130-A - Lead Paint Poisoning Prevention and Control|Section 130-A:3 - Laboratory Reporting.

    130-A:3 Laboratory Reporting. –||I. Any laboratory performing blood lead analysis on adults or children residing in New Hampshire shall report, in accordance with rules adopted under RSA 130-A:10, test results of such analysis.||II. Using the data provided under paragraph I, the department shall annually determine the percentage of children 6 years of age or younger, who are being screened with blood lead level tests in accordance with the department's childhood lead poisoning screening and management guidelines and shall make an annual report, commencing on November 1, 2015, to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the chairpersons of the senate and house committees having jurisdiction over health and human services issues, the senate clerk, the house clerk, and the state library.|||Source. 1993, 325:2, eff. July 1, 1994. 2015, 250:1, eff. Sept. 11, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 130-A:3-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 130-A - Lead Paint Poisoning Prevention and Control|Section 130-A:3-a - Capillary Blood Test Screening.

    130-A:3-a Capillary Blood Test Screening. –||Any health care provider or organization conducting capillary blood tests, including, but not limited to community action programs, shall inform the department of such fact and shall provide a fact sheet prepared by the department to the parent or guardian of any child whose test indicates any presence of lead. Such fact sheet shall, at a minimum, describe the health effects of childhood lead poisoning, the advisability of obtaining a venous blood test, and the benefits of identifying and addressing lead hazards. It shall include a statement that, in the case of rental properties, it is advisable to inform the property owner of the capillary blood test result and venous blood test result, that measures to identify and address lead hazards shall not be conducted without the property owner's knowledge and opportunity to take such measures, and that a property owner cannot evict a tenant based on the presence in the dwelling or dwelling unit of a child whose capillary blood test or venous blood test indicates a blood lead level.|||Source. 2015, 250:2, eff. Sept. 11, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 130-A:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 130-A - Lead Paint Poisoning Prevention and Control|Section 130-A:4 - Prohibited Use of Lead Paint.

    130-A:4 Prohibited Use of Lead Paint. –||It shall be unlawful for any person to use or apply, or cause to be used or applied, in any child care facility, dwelling or dwelling unit any paint containing more than 0.06 percent lead.|||Source. 1993, 325:2, eff. July 1, 1994.|
NH Rev Stat § 130-A:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 130-A - Lead Paint Poisoning Prevention and Control|Section 130-A:5 - Investigations.

    130-A:5 Investigations. –||I. The commissioner shall investigate cases of lead poisoning in children reported under RSA 141-A whose blood lead level meets or exceeds 5 micrograms per deciliter of whole venous blood, as reported on 2 separate tests except that a blood lead level may be designated as elevated by the health care provider when the level reported meets or exceeds 5 micrograms per deciliter on the first venous test. With such a declaration, a second test shall not be required. The commissioner may also conduct investigations when there is reason to believe that a lead exposure hazard, as defined in RSA 130-A:1, XVI(b) and (d), for a child exists. Such investigations shall include, but not be limited to:||(a) Requiring additional information and periodic reports from the child' s health care provider, the owner or owner's agent of a leased or rented dwelling or dwelling unit occupied by a child, the owner or operator of any child care facility attended by the child, and any lead inspector, lead risk assessor, or lead abatement contractor involved in lead hazard reduction at the child's dwelling, dwelling unit, or child care facility.||(b) Inspections of dwellings or dwelling units or of any child care facility, and testing environmental samples.||(c) Issuing orders requiring the reduction of lead exposure hazards from a leased or rented dwelling or dwelling unit and from a child care facility, or issuing a notice to the owner of a dwelling or dwelling unit.||II. [Repealed.]||III. The commissioner may request health authorities to assist in such investigations.||IV. The commissioner may obtain an administrative inspection warrant under RSA 595-B if consent of the property owner or the owner's agent for an investigation or inspection is denied.|||Source. 1993, 325:2. 1995, 310:183. 1997, 165:4. 2000, 96:5. 2002, 63:4. 2007, 293:1, 15, I. 2009, 276:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2010. 2018, 4:5, eff. July 1, 2019; 4:6, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 130-A:5-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 130-A - Lead Paint Poisoning Prevention and Control|Section 130-A:5-a - Universal Testing; Health Care Providers; Not Liable.

    130-A:5-a Universal Testing;  Health Care Providers;  Not Liable. –||All health care providers who provide primary medical care shall conduct blood testing of all one and 2-year old patients to determine a blood lead level. A health care provider shall not be liable for not performing a test for blood lead level when a parent or guardian has been informed of the blood test requirement and has refused to consent or has failed to follow through in response to a referral for a test. Nothing in this section shall prevent a health care provider from recommending blood testing for children younger than one year or older than 2 years should circumstances, including potential lead hazard exposures, warrant such testing.|||Source. 2015, 250:3, eff. Sept. 11, 2015. 2018, 4:3, eff. Apr. 9, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 130-A:5-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 130-A - Lead Paint Poisoning Prevention and Control|Section 130-A:5-b - Child Screenings.

    130-A:5-b Child Screenings. –||If by 2017 fewer than 85 percent of one-year olds and 2-year olds in the following categories of children are receiving blood lead level tests, the department shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, to require that all health care providers who provide primary medical care to young children shall ensure that their patients in such categories are screened and educated according to the department's childhood lead poisoning screening and management guidelines:||I. Children who live in high-risk communities designated by the department.||II. Children who are in Medicaid.||III. Children who are receiving benefits under the Women, Infants, and Children Program (WIC).||IV. Children who are enrolled in Head Start.|||Source. 2015, 250:3, eff. Sept. 11, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 130-A:5-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 130-A - Lead Paint Poisoning Prevention and Control|Section 130-A:5-c - Blood Lead Testing.

    130-A:5-c Blood Lead Testing. –||All parents or legal guardians shall have their children who are residing in this state tested for blood lead level at the ages of one and 2. A child shall be exempt from this required blood lead level testing if a parent or legal guardian objects to such testing and provides a statement to such effect or if a physician licensed under RSA 329, or a physician exempted under RSA 329:21, III, certifies that blood lead level testing may be detrimental to the child's health. The latter exemption shall exist only for the length of time that, in the opinion of the physician, testing would be detrimental to the child. The commissioner shall develop an opt out form for the purposes of this section and shall make such form available to health care facilities. The form shall include simple opt out language in a font and size easily readable by the average adult reader.|||Source. 2018, 4:4, eff. Apr. 9, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 130-A:5-d (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 130-A - Lead Paint Poisoning Prevention and Control|Section 130-A:5-d - Sale and Rental of Property.

    130-A:5-d Sale and Rental of Property. –||After July 1, 2024, the following shall require certification of lead safety pursuant to this chapter prior to being used as either a residential rental unit or as a day care facility:||I. Newly-constructed rental units within buildings erected prior to January 1, 1978. For the purposes of this section "newly-constructed rental units" means rental units being converted from a use other than residential rental housing.||II. Newly-licensed day care facilities within buildings erected prior to January 1, 1978.|||Source. 2018, 4:4, eff. Apr. 9, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 130-A:6-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 130-A - Lead Paint Poisoning Prevention and Control|Section 130-A:6-b - Parent Notification.

    130-A:6-b Parent Notification. –||The department shall send materials to the parents of any child with a blood lead level of 3 micrograms per deciliter or higher. Such materials shall inform parents who are tenants to work with the property owner and advise against engaging in renovation, repair, or painting activities themselves. Such materials shall inform parents who own and occupy the house in which the child resides of resources for identifying and eliminating lead hazards, including the Renovation, Repair and Painting Program.|||Source. 2015, 250:5, eff. Sept. 11, 2015. 2018, 4:1, eff. Apr. 9, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 130-A:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 130-A - Lead Paint Poisoning Prevention and Control|Section 130-A:8 - Repealed by 1997, 165:20, eff. Aug. 8, 1997.

    130-A:8 Repealed by 1997, 165:20, eff. Aug. 8, 1997. –|
NH Rev Stat § 130-A:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 130-A - Lead Paint Poisoning Prevention and Control|Section 130-A:9 - Prohibitions.

    130-A:9 Prohibitions. –||I. No person shall perform or cause to be performed lead base substance abatement, in-place management, or interim controls in a dwelling or dwelling unit, or in any child care facility, in any manner other than as provided for in rules adopted under RSA 130-A:10.||II. No person shall perform or cause to be performed a lead inspection or lead risk assessment, as defined in HE-P 1600, in a dwelling or dwelling unit or in a child care facility in any manner other than as provided for in rules adopted under RSA 130-A:10.||III. No child or pregnant woman shall be present in a leased or rented dwelling or dwelling unit, or in a child care facility, during the period of lead hazard reduction when the method of reduction causes the release of lead base substances which may be inhaled or ingested. The dwelling or dwelling unit or the child care facility shall not be reoccupied until an inspection is performed which indicates the lead exposure hazard has been reduced. The commissioner shall include this prohibition in any order issued under RSA 130-A:7.||IV. No person performing inspections or lead risk assessments, as defined in HE-P 1600, for the presence of lead base substances as a lead inspector or lead risk assessor after lead hazard reduction shall perform or have performed the lead hazard reduction.||V. No person shall advertise or otherwise offer or make available services as a lead inspector, lead risk assessor, or lead abatement contractor without being licensed under RSA 130-A:12.||VI. No person shall engage any individual for lead base substance abatement who has not been tested and certified under RSA 130-A:12. However, individuals not certified under RSA 130-A:12, II, may engage in activities related to a lead exposure hazard reduction plan, such as, but not limited to, installation of exterior siding, carpet or paving, or application of encapsulants, provided that the individual does not engage directly in lead based substance abatement and the plan is reviewed and approved by a contractor licensed under RSA 130-A:12, I.||VII. No training program shall be offered in this state for the purposes of training lead inspectors, lead risk assessors, lead abatement contractors, lead clearance testing technicians, or lead abatement workers that has not been certified under RSA 130-A:12.|||Source. 1993, 325:2. 1995, 310:183. 1997, 165:10, 11. 2000, 96:7. 2007, 293:5, eff. Jan. 1, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 130-A:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 130-A - Lead Paint Poisoning Prevention and Control|Section 130-A:11 - Application.

    130-A:11 Application. –||I. The department shall implement and enforce the provisions of this chapter throughout the state.||II. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph I, any municipality which adopts this chapter by a majority vote of its local governing body, as defined in RSA 672:6, may assume full and sole legal authority to enforce the provisions of this chapter by any means lawfully delegated to the municipality by any statute, except for matters pertaining to licensure and certification under RSA 130-A:12 which shall rest solely with the department.||III. Health authorities in municipalities other than those adopting this chapter under RSA 130-A:11, II, may, upon request to and approval by the commissioner, carry out investigations under RSA 130-A:5. The issuance of orders shall remain the sole responsibility of the commissioner.|||Source. 1993, 325:2. 1995, 310:175, 183, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 130-A:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 130-A - Lead Paint Poisoning Prevention and Control|Section 130-A:12 - Licensure; Certification.

    130-A:12 Licensure;  Certification. –||I. (a) A license to perform as a lead abatement contractor, lead inspector, or lead risk assessor, shall be issued in writing by the department in accordance with rules adopted under RSA 130-A:10, I. The license shall be valid for 12 months from the date of issuance, shall contain the expiration date, and shall contain the official signature of the commissioner or designee. The license or a certified copy of the license shall be available for inspection at any worksite during the period of work of the lead abatement contractor, lead inspector, or lead risk assessor.||(b) Any owner who owns 4 or fewer dwelling units shall not be required to obtain a lead abatement contractor license to perform lead abatement on such owner's dwellings or dwelling units, provided that such owner shall comply with all rules adopted under RSA 130-A:10, I.||II. Lead abatement workers and lead clearance testing technicians shall first obtain a certification from the department. The certification shall be issued in accordance with rules adopted under RSA 130-A:10, II. The certificate shall be in writing, shall be valid for a period of 12 months from the date of issuance, and shall contain the official signature of the commissioner or designee. The certificate or a certified copy of the certificate shall be available for inspection at any worksite where the individual is performing lead base substance abatement or conducting clearance testing.||III. Training programs offered in New Hampshire for lead abatement contractors, lead inspectors, lead risk assessors, and individuals seeking certification as lead abatement workers or lead clearance testing technicians shall first be certified by the department in accordance with rules adopted under RSA 130-A:10, XI. Such certification shall be in writing, shall be valid for a period of 12 months from the date of issuance, and shall contain the official signature of the commissioner or designee. The certification or a certified copy of the certificate shall be available for inspection during any period of training.||IV. [Repealed.]|||Source. 1993, 325:2. 1995, 310:175, 183. 1997, 165:16. 2000, 96:9. 2007, 293:15, II, eff. Jan. 1, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 130-A:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 130-A - Lead Paint Poisoning Prevention and Control|Section 130-A:13 - Notification Program.

    130-A:13 Notification Program. –||The commissioner may, if necessary, institute a program requiring the notification to the department of all inspections for lead base substances carried out by lead inspectors, risk assessments carried out by lead risk assessors, and of all lead hazard reduction activities conducted on child care facilities and on leased or rented dwelling and dwelling units, carried out by lead abatement contractors or by lead abatement workers. The program shall be conducted in accordance with rules adopted under RSA 130-A:10, VII, and the commissioner shall collect fees for notifications. The commissioner may conduct inspections of such activities as necessary to assure that the provisions of this chapter and rules adopted under it are carried out.|||Source. 1993, 325:2. 1995, 310:175, 183. 1997, 165:17. 2000, 96:10, eff. June 26, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 130-A:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 130-A - Lead Paint Poisoning Prevention and Control|Section 130-A:14 - Administrative Fines.

    130-A:14 Administrative Fines. –||The commissioner, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, and pursuant to rules adopted under RSA 541-A, may impose an administrative fine not to exceed $5,000 for each offense upon any person who violates any provision of this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter. Rehearings and appeals from a decision of the commissioner shall be in accordance with RSA 541. Any administrative fine imposed under this section shall not preclude the imposition of further penalties or administrative actions under this chapter. The commissioner shall adopt rules, under RSA 541-A, relative to administrative fines which shall be scaled to reflect the scope and severity of the violation. The sums obtained from the levying of administrative fines under this chapter shall be forwarded to the state treasurer to be deposited into the lead poisoning prevention fund established in RSA 130-A:15.|||Source. 1993, 325:2. 1995, 310:183. 2007, 293:8. 2009, 276:7. 2014, 157:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 130-A:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 130-A - Lead Paint Poisoning Prevention and Control|Section 130-A:15 - Lead Poisoning Prevention Fund.

    130-A:15 Lead Poisoning Prevention Fund. –||There is hereby established the lead poisoning prevention fund to be used to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The fund shall be composed of fees, fines, gifts, grants, donations, bequests, or other moneys from any public or private source and shall be used to implement and encourage lead paint removal and education, and to support program staff and administrative costs. The fund shall be nonlapsing and shall be continually appropriated to the commissioner of the department of health and human services for the purposes of this chapter.|||Source. 1993, 325:2. 1995, 310:182. 2007, 293:9. 2010, Sp. Sess., 1:8, eff. June 10, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 130-A:15-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 130-A - Lead Paint Poisoning Prevention and Control|Section 130-A:15-a - Repealed by 2019, 346:377, eff. July 1, 2019.

    130-A:15-a Repealed by 2019, 346:377, eff. July 1, 2019. –|
NH Rev Stat § 130-A:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 130-A - Lead Paint Poisoning Prevention and Control|Section 130-A:16 - Penalty.

    130-A:16 Penalty. –||Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor for each day that a violation exists. When lead hazard reduction has been ordered, the period of violation shall be calculated from the last date for reduction stated in the order issued under RSA 130-A:7 or in any extension of the order.|||Source. 1993, 325:2. 1997, 165:18, eff. Aug. 8, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 130-A:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 130-A - Lead Paint Poisoning Prevention and Control|Section 130-A:17 - Injunctive Relief.

    130-A:17 Injunctive Relief. –||I. Either the attorney general or the commissioner may bring a civil action in superior court for appropriate relief, including a temporary or permanent injunction or both, to enforce any provision of this chapter, rules adopted under this chapter, or orders issued pursuant to this chapter, including but not limited to, orders of lead hazard abatement and orders imposing administrative fines.||II. The court hearing shall be held on an expedited basis and as soon as the court's docket permits.||III. Either party may request that the court hold a consolidated hearing for both temporary and permanent injunctive relief.|||Source. 1993, 325:2. 1995, 310:183. 2006, 314:5. 2009, 276:8, eff. Jan. 1, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 130-A:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 130-A - Lead Paint Poisoning Prevention and Control|Section 130-A:18 - Civil Suits.

    130-A:18 Civil Suits. –||Owners of pre-1978 rental housing and childcare facilities shall take reasonable care to prevent exposure to, and the creation of, lead hazards. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the mere presence of a lead base substance shall not constitute negligence on the part of an owner of any dwelling. To establish negligence on the part of an owner, the plaintiff in a civil suit shall demonstrate actual injury caused by the lead base substance. Evidence of actions taken or not taken by the owner of a pre-1978 rental property or childcare facility in compliance with applicable public health laws and regulations concerning lead may be admissible evidence of reasonable care or negligence. Remedial actions taken by a property owner after a lead exposure has occurred shall not be admissible evidence for purposes of establishing liability. Evidence of a tenant's disturbance of painted surfaces containing lead paint also shall be admissible evidence. In addition, the mere presence of a lead base substance in a dwelling shall not by itself violate any warranty of habitability.|||Source. 1995, 169:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996. 2015, 250:7, eff. Sept. 11, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 130-A:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 130-A - Lead Paint Poisoning Prevention and Control|Section 130-A:19 - Repealed by 2015, 250:8, eff. Nov. 1, 2018.

    130-A:19 Repealed by 2015, 250:8, eff. Nov. 1, 2018. –|
NH Rev Stat § 131:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 131 - Laboratory of Hygiene|Section 131:1 - Purposes.

    131:1 Purposes. –||The department of health and human services may establish, equip, and operate a laboratory or laboratories with such expert assistants and such facilities as are necessary for routine examinations and analyses and for original investigations and research in matters affecting public health.|||Source. 1901, 23:1. PL 127:1. RL 149:1. 1943, 118:1, par. 1. RSA 131:1. 1983, 291:1, I. 1995, 310:181, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 131:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 131 - Laboratory of Hygiene|Section 131:2 - Investigations.

    131:2 Investigations. –||They shall make investigations and analyses of foods and drugs offered for sale in our markets with a view of discovering adulterated, misbranded and unhealthful or unsafe products and shall make investigations concerning food sanitation, the disposal of sewage and similar matters of sanitation and shall enforce the laws relative to all such matters. They shall conduct such toxicological investigations as may be requested by the attorney general or by county attorneys. They may employ such clerical and technical personnel as may be necessary.|||Source. 1901, 23:2. 1925, 45:1. PL 127:2. RL 149:2. 1943, 118:1, par. 2, eff. April 15, 1943.|