New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 8 - HEALTH
Chapter 51 - CHILDHOOD ELEVATED BLOOD LEAD LEVELS
Subchapter 6 - ABATEMENT AND/OR INTERIM CONTROLS OF LEAD HAZARDS
Section 8:51-6.3 - Interior surfaces
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 8:51-6.3
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) The local board of health shall issue an order to abate defective lead-based paint wherever found.
(b) The local board of health shall issue an order to abate all lead-based paint on friction and impact surfaces.
(c) The local board of health shall issue an order to abate chewable surfaces that have been tested and found to contain lead-based paint.
(d) In dwellings where lead contaminated dust has been identified, the local board of health shall ensure that defective paint, regardless of lead content, on floors, window sills and window wells are repaired and refinished with a non-leaded coating material for the purpose of making these surfaces cleanable.
1. If the paint being removed or repaired is not lead-based paint, then this work shall not be considered lead abatement and does not require compliance with N.J.A.C. 5:17.
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