Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 105 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH › Title 105 CMR 460.000 - Lead Poisoning Prevention And Control › INITIAL INSPECTION, REINSPECTION, AND ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES › Section 460.750 - Notice of Results of Inspections, Risk Assessments, Reinspections, Post-compliance Assessments and Lead Determination Enforcement Procedures

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(A) Lead inspectors and risk assessors shall
				follow procedures after performing a lead inspection, risk assessment,
				reinspection, post-compliance assessment or lead determination enforcement
				procedure as outlined in inspector training and refresher training and in
				policies and procedures as determined by the Director, including:
(1)
No Lead Hazards upon Initial
				Inspection
. Upon determination that there are no lead hazards, and
				there is no evidence of unauthorized deleading, the lead inspector or risk
				assessor shall report this to the owner, the occupants of the dwelling unit and
				to the Director, in a format approved by the Director. The lead inspector or
				risk assessor shall issue a Letter of Full Initial Inspection Compliance to the
				owner.
(2)
Report of
				Inspection, Risk Assessment or Lead Determination Enforcement
				Procedure
.
(a) Whenever lead
				hazards or other violations of
				105 CMR 460.000 are found
				by initial inspection or when urgent lead hazards are identified by a risk
				assessment, the lead inspector or risk assessor shall report this to the owner,
				to the occupants of the dwelling unit, and to the Director, on properly
				completed lead inspection or risk assessment report forms and in a format
				approved by the Director. These reports shall be accompanied by such
				information as required in policies and training materials approved by the
				Director.
(b) These reports shall
				be sent by the following deadlines:
1. the
				end of the third working day after the inspection or risk assessment, if the
				inspection or risk assessment discloses a situation listed in 105 CMR
				460.750(B)(2); unless;
2. the
				inspection or risk assessment was conducted as part of a Sanitary Code
				inspection, in which case the reports shall be sent within seven working days
				after the inspection or risk assessment; or
3. within ten working days after the
				inspection or risk assessment for all other inspections and risk
				assessments.
(c) The
				owner shall send a copy of the inspection report or risk assessment report to
				all mortgagees and lienholders of record.
(3)
Report of Reinspection and
				Post-compliance Assessment
. The lead inspector or risk assessor
				shall report the results of all reinspections, dust lead monitoring results and
				post-compliance assessments to the owner, the occupants of the dwelling unit
				and the Director, in a format approved by the Director, in accordance with the
				timelines in 105 CMR 460.750(A)(3)(b). If no lead violations are identified by
				a post-compliance assessment, the inspector shall issue the owner a
				Certification of Maintained Compliance, in accordance with
				105 CMR
				460.760(E)(1). If the
				post-compliance assessment reveals lead hazards or other violations of
				105 CMR 460.000, results
				shall be accompanied by the notification information required by the policies
				on post-compliance assessment issued by the Director.
See
105 CMR
				460.760(E)(2).