Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(1) A training provider of a lead inspector
training course must ensure that their lead inspector training course
curriculum includes, at a minimum, sixteen (16) training hours of classroom
training and eight (8) training hours of hands-on training.
(2) A lead inspector training course shall
include, at a minimum, the following course topics. Requirements ending in an
asterisk (*) indicate areas that require hands-on training as an integral
component of the course.
(A) Role and
responsibilities of an inspector;
(B) Background information on lead-history of
lead use and sources of environmental lead contamination;
(C) Health effects of lead-how lead enters
and affects the body; levels of concern; and symptoms, diagnosis and
treatments;
(D) Regulatory
background and overview of lead in applicable state and federal guidance or
regulations pertaining to lead-bearing substances including: 40 CFR part 745;
U.S. HUD Guidelines for the Evaluation and Control of Lead-Based Paint Hazards
in Housing (and its most recent revisions), 29 CFR part 1910.1200; 29 CFR part
1926.62; Title X: Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of
1992;
(E) Sections
701.300 to
701.338,
RSMo, Missouri regulations pertaining to lead licensure, and Missouri Work
Practice Standards for Lead-Bearing Substances specific to lead inspection
activities;
(F) Lead-based paint
inspection methods, including selection of rooms and components for sampling or
testing;*
(G) Pre-inspection
planning and review including: developing a schematic site plan, determining
inspection criteria and locations to collect samples in single and multi-family
housing;*
(H) Paint, dust, and soil
sampling methodologies including:*
1.
Lead-based paint testing or X-ray fluorescence paint analyzer (XRF) use: types
of XRF units and basic operation and interpretation of XRF results, including
substrate correction;
2. Soil
sample collection including soil sampling techniques, number and location of
soil samples, and interpretation of soil sampling results; and
3. Dust sample collection techniques
including number and location of wipe samples, and interpretation of test
results;
(I) Quality
control and assurance procedures in testing analysis;
(J) Legal liabilities and
obligations;
(K) Clearance
standards and testing, including random sampling;*
(L) Record keeping; and
(M) Preparation of the final inspection
report.*
*Original authority: 701.301, RSMo 1998 and 701.314, RSMo
1993, amended 1998.
