Current through March 20, 2024
Authority: IC 16-41-39.8-6
Affected: IC 16-41-39.8
Sec. 3.
To offer lead-based paint course instruction in any one (1)
or all of the disciplines, training course providers must ensure that their
courses of study meet, at a minimum, the following training hour requirements
and hands-on activities:
(1) The
course of study for an inspector must last a minimum of twenty-four (24)
training hours. This course of study shall include a minimum of eight (8) hours
of hands-on training and shall contain the following course topics:
(A) Role and responsibilities of an
inspector.
(B) Background
information on lead and its adverse health effects.
(C) Lead-based paint inspection methods,
including selection of rooms and components for sampling or testing. This
course of study shall include hands-on activities.
(D) Paint, dust, and soil sampling
methodologies. This course of study shall include hands-on
activities.
(E) Clearance standards
and testing, including random sampling. This course of study shall include
hands-on activities.
(F)
Preparation of the final inspection report. This course of study shall include
hands-on activities.
(G) Record
keeping.
(H) Regulatory review to
include the following:
(i) TSCA Title
IV*.
(ii) Occupational Safety and
Health Administration (OSHA) respirator requirements found at
29 CFR
1926.62 *.
(iii) Applicable local, state, and federal
regulations and guidance that pertain to lead-based paint and lead-based paint
activities.
(2)
The course of study for a risk assessor must last a minimum of sixteen (16)
training hours and shall include a minimum of four (4) hours of hands-on
training and contain the following course topics:
(A) Role and responsibilities of a risk
assessor.
(B) Collection of
background information to perform a risk assessment.
(C) Sources of environmental lead
contamination, including paint, surface dust and soil, water, air, packaging,
and food.
(D) Visual inspection for
the purposes of identifying potential sources of lead-based paint hazards. The
course of study includes hands-on activities.
(E) Lead hazard screen protocol.
(F) Sampling for other sources of lead
exposure. The course of study includes hands-on activities.
(G) Interpretation of lead-based paint and
other lead sampling results, including all applicable state or federal guidance
or regulations pertaining to lead-based paint hazards. The course of study
includes hands-on activities.
(H)
Development of hazard control options, the role of interim controls, and
operations and maintenance activities to reduce lead-based paint hazards.
(I) Preparation of a final risk
assessment report.
(J) Regulatory
review, including, at minimum, the following:
(i) OSHA lead construction standard found at
29 CFR
1926.62 *.
(ii) U.S. EPA Lead-Based Paint Poisoning
Prevention rule found at 40
CFR 745 *.
(iii) All applicable local, state, and
federal regulations.
(3) The course of study for a supervisor must
last a minimum of thirty-two (32) training hours and shall include a minimum of
eight (8) hours of hands-on training and contain the following course topics:
(A) Role and responsibilities of a
supervisor.
(B) Background
information on lead and its adverse health effects.
(C) Regulatory review to include, at minimum,
the following:
(i) OSHA lead construction
standard found at 29 CFR
1926.62 *.
(ii) U.S. EPA Lead-Based Paint Poisoning
Prevention rule found at 40
CFR 745 *.
(iii) All applicable local, state, and
federal regulations.
(D)
Liability and insurance issues relating to lead-based paint
abatement.
(E) Risk assessment and
inspection report interpretation. This course of study includes hands-on
activities.
(F) Development and
implementation of an occupant protection plan and abatement report.
(G) Lead-based paint hazard recognition and
control. This course of study includes hands-on activities.
(H) Lead-based paint abatement and lead-based
paint hazard reduction methods, including restricted practices. This course of
study includes hands-on activities.
(I) Interior dust abatement and cleanup or
lead-based paint hazard control and reduction methods. This course of study
includes hands-on activities.
(J)
Soil and exterior dust abatement or lead-based paint hazard control and
reduction methods. This course of study includes hands-on activities.
(K) Clearance standards and
testing.
(L) Cleanup and waste
disposal.
(M) Record
keeping.
(N) Employee personal
respiratory protection and personal protective equipment, including the
following:
(i) Classes and characteristics of
respirator types.
(ii) Limitations
of respirators.
(iii) Proper
selection, inspections, donning, use, maintenance, and storage procedures for
respirators.
(iv) Methods for field
testing of the face piece-to-mouth seal (positive and negative pressure fitting
tests).
(v) Qualitative and
quantitative fit testing procedures.
(vi) Variability between field and laboratory
protection factors.
(vii) Factors
that alter respirator fit, for example, facial hair.
(viii) The components of a proper respiratory
protection program.
(ix) Selection
and use of personal protective clothing.
(x) Use, storage, and handling of
nondisposable clothing.
(xi)
Regulations covering personal protective equipment.
(O) Respiratory protection programs and
medical surveillance programs.
(4) The course of study for a project
designer must last a minimum of eight (8) training hours and contain the
following course topics:
(A) Role and
responsibilities of a project designer.
(B) Development and implementation of an
occupant protection plan for large scale abatement projects.
(C) Lead-based paint abatement and lead-based
paint hazard reduction methods, including restricted practices for large-scale
abatement projects.
(D) Interior
dust abatement and cleanup or lead hazard control and reduction methods for
large-scale abatement projects.
(E)
Clearance standards and testing for large-scale abatement projects.
(F) Integration of lead-based paint abatement
methods with modernization and rehabilitation projects for large-scale
abatement projects.
(G) OSHA
requirements for lead sites.
(H)
Relevant federal, state, and local regulatory requirements with a discussion of
procedures and standards.
(5) The course of study for an abatement
worker must last a minimum of sixteen (16) training hours. This course of study
includes a minimum of eight (8) hours of hands-on activities and contain the
following course topics:
(A) Role and
responsibilities of an abatement worker.
(B) Background information on lead and its
adverse health effects.
(C)
Background information on federal, state, and local regulations and guidance
that pertain to lead-based paint abatement.
(D) Lead-based paint hazard recognition and
control. This course of study includes hands-on activities.
(E) Lead-based paint abatement and lead-based
paint hazard reduction methods, including restricted practices, with hands-on
activities.
(F) Interior dust
abatement methods and cleanup or lead-based paint hazard reduction, with
hands-on activities.
(G) Soil and
exterior dust abatement methods or lead-based paint hazard reduction, with
hands-on activities.
(H) Employee
personal protective equipment, including the following:
(i) Classes and characteristics of respirator
types.
(ii) Limitations of
respirators and their proper selection, inspection, donning, use, maintenance,
and storage procedures.
(iii)
Methods for field testing of the face piece-to-mouth seal (positive and
negative pressure fitting tests).
(iv) Qualitative and quantitative fit testing
procedures.
(v) Variability between
field and laboratory protection factors.
(vi) Factors that alter respirator fit, for
example, facial hair.
(vii) The
components of a proper respiratory protection program.
(viii) Selection and use of personal
protective clothing, use, storage, and handling of nondisposable
clothing.
(ix) Regulations covering
personal protective equipment.
(I) Hazards encountered during abatement
activities and how to deal with them, including the following:
(i) Electrical hazards.
(ii) Heat stress.
(iii) Air contaminants other than
lead.
(iv) Fire and explosion
hazards.
(v) Scaffold and ladder
hazards.
(vi) Slips, trips, and
falls.
(vii) Confined
spaces.
(J) Applicable
federal, state, and local regulations and guidance that pertains to lead-based
paint and lead-based paint activities.
(6) The course of study for a clearance
examiner must last a minimum of five (5) training hours. This course of study
shall follow the U.S. EPA-approved Lead Sampling Technician Training Course,
including the use of all guidelines, manuals, and appendices and contain the
following course topics:
(A) Introduction and
background shall contain the following topics:
(i) A brief overview to the course.
(ii) An introduction of course objectives and
general background on the health risks of lead and the purpose of lead
sampling.
(B) Skills
shall contain the following topics:
(i) How to
perform a visual assessment.
(ii)
Preparation for and collection of dust wipe samples.
(iii) Selection of an accredited lab, sample
submission, and interpretation of acceptable results.
(C) Application shall contain the following
topics:
(i) Overview of federal, state, and
local regulations applying to lead sampling.
(ii) How to perform lead samples in
post-renovation clearance, HUD-required clearance, and other lead sampling
examinations.
(D) Writing
and delivering reports shall include the following:
(i) The preparation of reports.
(ii) The procedures for explaining results to
clients.
(7)
The course of study for the Indiana lead-based paint rules awareness course
must be a minimum of two (2) training hours. This course of study shall include
the use of all Indiana guidelines, manuals, and appendices on the following
course topics:
(A) Introduction and background
shall contain the following topics:
(i) A
brief overview to the course.
(ii)
Introduction of course objectives.
(B) Indiana lead-based paint rules to include
the following:
(i) Review and comparison of
Indiana lead-based paint rules to federal rule requirements.
(ii) Review other Indiana state rule
requirements.
(iii) Student
question and answer session on Indiana lead-based paint rules.
(C) Indiana lead-based paint forms
to include the following:
(i) Licensing
application form.
(ii) Project
notification form.
(iii) Inspection
and risk assessment reports. *These documents are incorporated by reference.
Copies may be obtained from the Government Printing Office, 732 North Capitol
Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20401 or are available for review and copying at
the Indiana Department of Health, Indiana Lead and Healthy Homes Program, Fifth
Floor, 2 North Meridian Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204.
Transferred from the Air Pollution Control Board
(326 IAC 23-3-3) to the Indiana
State Department of Health (410 IAC 32-3-3) by
P.L.
57-2009,
SECTION
17, effective July 1, 2009.