Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-72-4a
Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 49, December 5, 2024
Section 28-72-4a - Curriculum requirements for training providers(a)(1) Each training provider of a lead inspector training course shall ensure that the lead inspector training course curriculum includes, at a minimum, 16 hours of classroom training and eight hours of hands-on training.(2) Each lead inspector training course shall include, at a minimum, the following course topics: (A) The role and responsibilities of an inspector;(B) background information on lead, including the history of lead use and sources of environmental lead contamination;(C) the health effects of lead, including the following:(i) The ways that lead enters and affects the body;(ii) the levels of concern; and(iii) symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments;(D) the regulatory background and an overview of lead in applicable state and federal guidelines or regulations pertaining to lead-based paint, including the current version of each of the following: (ii) U.S. HUD guidelines for the evaluation and control of lead-based paint hazards in housing as adopted in K.A.R. 28-72-13 ;(v) title X: the residential lead-based paint hazard reduction act of 1992;(E) the regulations in this article pertaining to lead li-censure, the Kansas work practice standards for lead-based paint activities specific to lead inspection activities, K.A.R. 28-72-2, and K.A.R. 28-72-51 through 28-72-54 ;(F) quality control and assurance procedures in testing analysis;(G) legal liabilities and obligations; and(3) Each lead inspector training course shall also include, at a minimum, the following course topics, the presentation of which shall require hands-on training as an integral component of the course: (A) Lead-based paint inspection methods, including the selection of rooms and components for sampling or testing;(B) preinspection planning and review, including developing a schematic site plan and determining inspection criteria and locations to collect samples in single-family and multifamily housing;(C) paint, dust, and soil sampling methodologies, including the following: (i) Lead-based paint testing or X-ray fluorescence paint analyzer (XRF) use, including the types of XRF units, their basic operation, and interpretation of XRF results, including substrate correction;(ii) soil sample collection, including soil sampling techniques, the number and location of soil samples, and interpretation of soil sampling results; and(iii) dust sample collection techniques, including the number and location of wipe samples and the interpretation of test results;(D) clearance standards and testing, including random sampling; and(E) preparation of the final inspection report.(b) Each training provider of a risk assessor training course shall ensure that the risk assessor training course curriculum includes, at a minimum, 12 hours of classroom training and four hours of hands-on training. (1) Each risk assessor training course shall include, at a minimum, the following course topics: (A) The role and responsibilities of the risk assessor;(B) the collection of background information to perform a risk assessment, including information on the age and history of the housing and occupancy by children under six years of age and women of childbearing age;(C) sources of environmental lead contamination, including paint, surface dust and soil, water, air, packaging, and food;(D) the regulations in this article pertaining to lead certification, Kansas work practice standards for lead-based paint specific to risk assessment activities, K.A.R. 28-72-2, and K.A.R. 28-72-51 through 28-72-54 ;(E) development of hazard control options, the role of interim controls, and operations and maintenance activities to reduce lead-based paint hazards; and(F) legal liabilities and obligations specific to a risk assessor.(2) Each risk assessor training course shall also include, at a minimum, the following course topics, the presentation of which shall require hands-on training as an integral component of the course: (A) Visual inspection for the purposes of identifying potential sources of lead hazards;(B) lead-hazard screen protocols;(C) sampling for other sources of lead exposure, including drinking water;(D) interpretation of lead-based paint and other lead sampling results related to the Kansas clearance standards; and(E) preparation of a final risk assessment report.(c) Each training provider of a lead abatement worker course shall ensure that the lead abatement worker training course curriculum includes, at a minimum, 16 hours of classroom training and eight hours of hands-on training.(1) Each lead abatement worker training course shall include, at a minimum, the following course topics:(A) The role and responsibilities of a lead abatement worker;(B) background information on lead, including the history of lead use and sources of environmental lead contamination;(C) the health effects of lead, including the following: (i) The ways that lead enters and affects the body; (ii) the levels of concern; and(iii) symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments;(D) the regulatory background and an overview of lead in applicable state and federal guidelines or regulations pertaining to lead-based paint, including the current version of each of the following:(ii) U.S. HUD guidelines for the evaluation and control of lead-based paint hazards in housing;(v) title X: the residential lead-based paint hazard reduction act of 1992;(E) the regulations in this article pertaining to lead certification, the Kansas work practice standards for lead-based paint activities specific to lead abatement activities, K.A.R. 28-72-2, and K.A.R. 28-72-51 through 28-72-54 ; and(F) waste disposal techniques.(2) Each lead abatement training course shall also include, at a minimum, the following course topics, the presentation of which shall require hands-on training as an integral component of the course:(A) Personal protective equipment information, including respiratory equipment selection, air-purifying respirators, care and cleaning of respirators, respiratory program, protective clothing and equipment, and hygienic practices;(B) lead hazard recognition and control, including site characterization, exposure measurements, medical surveillance, and engineering controls;(C) preabatement set-up procedures, including containment for residential and commercial buildings and for superstructures;(D) lead abatement and lead-hazard reduction methods for residential and commercial buildings and for superstructures, including prohibited practices;(E) interior dust abatement methods and cleanup techniques; and(F) soil and exterior dust abatement methods.(d) Each training provider of a lead abatement supervisor training course shall ensure that the lead abatement supervisor training course curriculum includes, at a minimum, 28 hours of classroom training and 12 hours of hands-on training. (1) Each lead abatement supervisor training course shall include, at a minimum, the following course topics: (A) The role and responsibilities of a supervisor;(B) background information on lead, including the history of lead use and sources of environmental lead contamination;(C) the health effects of lead, including the following:(i) The ways that lead enters and affects the body;(ii) the levels of concern; and(iii) symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments;(D) the regulatory background and an overview of lead in applicable state and federal guidelines or regulations pertaining to lead-based paint, including the current version of each of the following: (ii) U.S. HUD guidelines for the evaluation and control of lead-based paint hazards in housing;(v) title X: the residential lead-based paint hazard reduction act of 1992;(E) liability and insurance issues relating to lead abatement;(F) the community relations process;(G) hazard recognition and control techniques, including site characterization, exposure measurements, material identification, safety and health planning, medical surveillance, and engineering controls;(H) the regulations in this article pertaining to lead certification and to the Kansas work practice standards for lead-based paint activities specific to lead abatement activities;(I) clearance standards and testing;(J) cleanup and waste disposal; and(2) Each lead abatement supervisor training course shall also include, at a minimum, the following course topics, the presentation of which shall require hands-on training as an integral component of the course: (B) risk assessment and inspection report interpretation;(C) the development and implementation of an occupant protection plan and pre-abatement work plan, including containment for residential and commercial buildings and for superstructures;(D) lead hazard recognition and control;(E) personal protective equipment information, including respiratory equipment selection, air-purifying respirators, care and cleaning of respirators, respiratory program, protective clothing and equipment, and hygienic practices;(F) lead abatement and lead-hazard reduction methods, including prohibited practices, for residential and commercial buildings and superstructures;(G) project management, including supervisory techniques, contractor specifications, emergency response planning, and blueprint reading;(H) interior dust abatement and cleanup techniques;(I) soil and exterior dust abatement methods; and(J) the preparation of an abatement report.(e) Each training provider of a project designer training course shall ensure that the project designer training course curriculum includes, at a minimum, eight hours of classroom training. Each project designer training course shall include, at a minimum, the following course topics:(1) The role and responsibilities of a project designer;(2) the development and implementation of an occupant protection plan for large-scale abatement projects;(3) lead abatement and lead-hazard reduction methods, including prohibited practices, for large-scale abatement projects;(4) interior dust abatement or cleanup or lead-hazard control, and reduction methods for large-scale abatement projects;(5) soil and exterior dust abatement methods for large-scale abatement projects;(6) clearance standards and testing for large-scale abatement projects;(7) integration of lead abatement methods with modernization and rehabilitation projects for large-scale abatement projects; and(8) the Kansas administrative regulations pertaining to lead-hazard disclosure. Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-72-4a
Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 65-1,202; effective, T-28-9-13-99, Sept. 13, 1999; effective Jan. 7, 2000; amended Dec. 6, 2002; amended April 9, 2010.