Virginia Administrative Code › Title 18 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING › Agency 15 - VIRGINIA BOARD FOR ASBESTOS, LEAD, AND HOME INSPECTORS › Chapter 30 - VIRGINIA LEAD-BASED PAINT ACTIVITIES REGULATIONS › Part VIII - Standards for Conducting Lead-Based Paint Activities › Section 18VAC15-30-550 - Risk assessment

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. A risk
				  assessment shall only be conducted by individuals licensed by the board as risk
				  assessors.
B. If conducted, a risk
				  assessment shall be conducted as follows:
1.
				  A visual inspection for risk assessment of the residential dwelling or
				  child-occupied facility shall be undertaken to locate the existence of
				  deteriorated paint, assess the extent and causes of deterioration, and other
				  potential lead-based paint hazards.
2. Background information regarding the
				  physical characteristics of the residential dwelling or child-occupied facility
				  and occupant use patterns that may cause lead-based paint exposure to one or
				  more children age six years and under shall be collected.
3. The following surfaces that are
				  determined, using documented methodologies, to have a distinct painting
				  history, shall be tested for the presence of lead:
a. Each friction surface or impact surface
				  with visibly deteriorated paint; and
b. All other surfaces with visibly
				  deteriorated paint.
4.
				  In residential dwellings, dust samples (either composite or single-surface
				  samples) from the interior window sill(s) and floor shall be collected and
				  analyzed for lead concentration in living areas where one or more children, age
				  six and under, are most likely to come into contact with dust.
5. For multi-family dwellings and
				  child-occupied facilities, the samples required in
				  18VAC15-30-550 B (3) shall be
				  taken. In addition, interior window sill and floor dust samples (either
				  composite or single-surface samples) shall be collected and analyzed for lead
				  concentration in the following locations:
a.
				  Common areas adjacent to the sampled residential dwelling or child-occupied
				  facility; and
b. Other common areas
				  in the building where the risk assessor determines that one or more children,
				  age six and under, are likely to come into contact with dust.
6. For child-occupied facilities,
				  interior window sill and floor dust samples (either composite or single-surface
				  samples) shall be collected and analyzed for lead concentration in each room,
				  hallway or stairwell utilized by one or more children, age six and under, and
				  in other common areas in the child-occupied facility where one or more
				  children, age six and under, are likely to come into contact with
				  dust.
7. Soil samples shall be
				  collected and analyzed for lead concentrations in the following locations:
a. Exterior play areas where bare soil is
				  present;
b. The rest of the yard
				  (i.e., nonplay areas) where bare soil is present; and
c. Dripline/foundation areas where bare soil
				  is present.
8. Any
				  paint, dust, or soil sampling or testing shall be conducted using documented
				  methodologies that incorporate adequate quality control procedures.
9. Any collected paint chip, dust, or soil
				  sample shall be sent for analysis to a laboratory recognized by EPA as being
				  capable of performing these activities.