Current through Public Act 171 of the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 380.1909 - Compliance with act; departmental duties; guidance documents(1) The department shall assist each school in maintaining compliance with this act. Within 6 months after the effective date of this act, the department shall do all of the following:(a) Provide a template for the plan.(b) Make available annual training for school staff and school officials regarding the sampling and testing protocol, reporting process for test results, and other activities relevant to compliance with this act.(c) Provide guidance on all of the following: (i) Factors that a school should consider when selecting filtered bottle-filling stations, filtered faucets, and filter cartridges.(ii) How to shut off or render permanently inoperable a water outlet under section 7(1)(b).(iii) How to flush a building's cold water plumbing before installing new filtered bottle-filling stations and filtered faucets.(iv) Common filtered bottle-filling station or filtered faucet installation and operation errors and how to avoid them.(2) The department shall provide and make available the guidance documents required under subsection (1)(c) not later than 6 months after the effective date of this act. Before the department provides the guidance documents, the department shall issue the guidance documents as proposed guidance documents on its website and allow for a 30-day public comment period.Added by 2023, Act 154,s 5, eff. 10/24/2023.