Section 1370. Definitions  


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  • When used in this title, the following words and
      phrases  shall  have  the following meanings, unless the context clearly
      requires otherwise:
        1. "Dwelling" means  a  building  or  structure  or  portion  thereof,
      including  the  property  occupied  by and appurtenant to such dwelling,
      which is occupied in whole or in part as the home, residence or sleeping
      place of one or more  human  beings  and  shall,  without  limiting  the
      foregoing, include child care facilities for children under six years of
      age, kindergartens and nursery schools.
        2.  "Area  of  high  risk"  means  an  area  designated as such by the
      commissioner or  his  representative  and  consisting  of  one  or  more
      dwellings  in  which a condition conducive to lead poisoning of children
      is present.
        3. "A condition conducive to lead poisoning" means: (i) paint or other
      similar  surface-coating  material  containing  lead  in   a   condition
      accessible  for  ingestion or inhalation or where peeling or chipping of
      the paint or other similar surface-coating material occurs or is  likely
      to  occur;  and  (ii) other environmental conditions which may result in
      significant lead exposure.
        4. "Program" means  the  lead  poisoning  prevention  program  in  the
      department established pursuant to section thirteen hundred seventy-a of
      this title.
        5.  "Council"  means the advisory council on lead poisoning prevention
      established pursuant to  section  thirteen  hundred  seventy-b  of  this
      title.
        6.  "Elevated  lead  levels"  means a blood lead level greater than or
      equal to ten micrograms of lead per deciliter of  whole  blood  or  such
      blood  lead  level  as  may be established by the department pursuant to
      rule or regulation.
        7. "Person" means any natural person.