§ 17-179 Department screening, diagnosis and treatment.
AC § 17-179
a. The department shall refer to appropriate medical providers any person who requests assistance in blood lead screening, testing, diagnosis or treatment, and upon the request of a parent or guardian, arrange for blood lead screening of any child who requires screening and whose parent or guardian is unable to obtain a lead test because the child is uninsured or the child's insurance does not cover such screening. b. The department shall develop a pamphlet explaining the hazards associated with lead-based paint and lead-contaminated dust and describing the procedures to be used in order for a violation of sections 27-2056.6, 27-2056.7, 27-2056.8 and 27-2056.11 of this code to be corrected. The pamphlet shall include appropriate telephone numbers to obtain lead poisoning screening, diagnosis and treatment information and to report unsafe lead-based paint work practices. Such pamphlet shall also describe building owners' responsibilities under article 14 of subchapter 2 of chapter 2 of title 27, including such building owners' responsibilities to remediate all lead-based paint hazards and underlying defects upon turnover of any dwelling unit, and such building owners' responsibilities to annually inspect any dwelling unit where a child of applicable age resides for lead-based paint hazards. Such pamphlet shall be made available in accordance with section 27-2056.9 of this code. Such pamphlet shall also be made available on the department's website and to any member of the public upon request, and shall be available in any designated citywide language, as defined by section 23-1101 of this code. c. As part of the investigation required by section 17-911, the department shall provide to the parent or guardian of any child under the age of 18 determined to have an elevated blood lead level information regarding special education services available from the department of education. d. Whenever a lead-based paint hazard or unsafe lead paint is identified in a dwelling unit pursuant to an investigation required by section 17-911, the department shall post in a common area accessible to all occupants of the dwelling in which the dwelling unit is located a notice regarding lead-based paint hazards, the availability of inspections pursuant to subdivision a of section 27-2056.9 and a copy of the pamphlet described in subdivision b of this section. e. Whenever a lead-based paint hazard or unsafe lead paint is identified in a covered facility, such covered facility shall provide notice to the parent or guardian of every child attending the covered facility that a lead-based paint hazard has been identified in the covered facility. Such notice shall be provided in the same form that the results of the annual survey of lead-based paint hazards are reported to such parent or guardian, as described in section 17-924. (Am. L.L. 2019/073, 4/14/2019, eff. 8/12/2019; Am. L.L. 2021/039, 4/18/2021, eff. 10/18/2022; Am. L.L. 2021/040, 4/18/2021, eff. 4/18/2022) Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 1999/038 and L.L. 2004/001.
