§ 44-53-1320 — Definitions.

As used in this article, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Accessible surface" means any protruding interior or exterior surface that a child can mouth or chew including, but not limited to, an interior windowsill. (2) "Child" or "children" means a person under six years of age. (3) "Childcare facility" means a structure or portion of a structure in which children are present on a regular basis, including a structure used as a school, nursery, childcare facility, or other facility catering to the needs of children, including an outbuilding, fencing, or other structure used in conjunction with the structure. (4) "Department" means the Department of Health and Environmental Control. (5) "Dwelling" means a structure, all or part of which is designed or used for human habitation, including a primary residence, secondary residence, outbuilding, fencing, or other structure used in conjunction with the structure. (6) "Dwelling unit" means a room, group of rooms, or other areas of a dwelling. (7) "Friction surface" means an interior or exterior surface subject to abrasion or friction including, but not limited to, a window or stair tread. (8) "Householder" means the occupant of a dwelling or dwelling unit or the occupant's agent, the owner of an unoccupied dwelling unit or the owner's agent, or the owner or occupant of a childcare facility or the owner's or occupant's agent. (9) "Impact surface" means an interior or exterior surface subject to damage by repeated impact on contact including, but not limited to, doors and door jambs. (10) "Lead-based hazard" means a condition that causes exposure to lead from lead-contaminated paint, lead-contaminated dust, bare lead-contaminated soil, or other lead-based substance that is deteriorated in accessible surfaces, friction surfaces, or impact surfaces that would result in adverse human health effects. (11) "Lead-base substance" means paint, lacquer, glaze, or other material containing more than six hundredths of one percent (0.06 percent) lead by weight, or seven-tenths or more milligrams per square centimeter (0.7 mg/cm2) of lead in the dried paint film applied. Standards for lead-contaminated dust and lead-contaminated soil must be the same as those established by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. (12) "Person" means an individual, firm, corporation, association, trust, or partnership. (13) "Lead poisoning" means a blood lead level at an elevation hazardous to health as established by the Department of Health and Environmental Control.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1979 Act No. 78, SECTION 2; 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 1117; 2005 Act No. 142, SECTION 1, eff June 7, 2005.