by department

Any authorized representative of the department, upon presenting the appropriate credentials to the owner and or occupant, or their representatives a representative of either, may inspect any dwelling unit or child-occupied facility at reasonable times for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of lead-based substances, and may remove samples or objects necessary for laboratory analysis. Inspections may be made only when there are reasonable grounds to suspect that there are lead- based substances in or upon the exposed surfaces of any dwelling unit or child-occupied facility, or upon the request of either the owner or the occupant with whom children reside, or when a case of lead poisoning has been reported.

Sec. 12. 22 MRSA §1320-A, as amended by PL 1981, c. 470, Pt. A, §64, is further amended to read:

§1320-A. Inspection of dwellings by department

The Except in the case of owner-occupied, single-family residence, the department shall within 30 days inspect all dwelling units in a dwelling when:

1. Lead poisoning found. A case of lead poisoning has been found in any dwelling unit within the dwelling; or

2. Lead-based substances. Lead base Lead-based substances have been found in any dwelling unit within the dwelling.

The department may, at its discretion, inspect an owner- occupied single-family residence whenever a lead-poisoned child has been identified as residing in or receiving care in that residence.

Sec. 13. 22 MRSA §1321, sub-§§1, 3 and 4, as amended by PL 1995, c. 453, §11, are further amended to read:

1. Notice posted. The department shall post in or upon the dwelling, premises, residential child-care facility or preschool facility day care center or nursery school, in a conspicuous place or places, notice of the existence of environmental lead hazard. Notice may not be removed until the department states that the environmental lead hazard no longer exists;

3. Notice to owner; removal. The department shall give notice of the existence of the environmental lead hazard to the owner and order that the lead-based substances be removed, replaced or securely and permanently covered within 30 days of receipt of the notice. The department shall adopt rules for