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<section article="gen" article_name="Environment" number="6-804" title_number="6" title_name="Toxic, Carcinogenic, and Flammable Substances" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Reduction of Lead Risk in Housing">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Affected property is exempt from the provisions of Part IV of this subtitle if the owner submits to the Department an inspection report that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Indicates that the affected property has been tested for the presence of lead-based paint in accordance with standards and procedures established by the Department by regulation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>States that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>All interior and exterior surfaces of the affected property are lead-free; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <level label="1">
          <text>All interior surfaces of the affected property are lead-free and all exterior painted surfaces of the affected property that were chipping, peeling, or flaking have been restored with nonlead-based paint; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>No exterior painted surfaces of the affected property are chipping, peeling, or flaking; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Is verified by the Department accredited inspector who performed the test.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>In order to maintain exemption from the provisions of Part IV of this subtitle under subsection (a)(2)(ii) of this section, the owner shall submit to the Department every 2 years a certification, by a Department accredited inspector, stating that no exterior painted surface of the affected property is chipping, peeling, or flaking.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Outside surfaces of an affected property, including windows, doors, trim, fences, porches, and other buildings or structures that are part of the affected property, are exempt from the risk reduction standards under §§ 6-815 and 6-819 of this subtitle if all exterior surfaces of an affected property are lead-free and the owner submits to the Department an inspection report that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Indicates that the outside surfaces have been tested for the presence of lead-based paint in accordance with standards and procedures established by the Department by regulation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>States that all outside surfaces of the affected property are lead-free; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Is verified by the Department accredited inspector who performed the test.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
