Iowa Admin. Code r. 641—68 § 641—68.1

“Certified elevated blood lead (EBL) inspector/risk assessor” or “inspector” means a person who has
met the requirements of rule 641--70.5(135) for certification or interim certification and who has been
certified by the department.
“Chewable surface” means an interior or exterior surface painted with lead-based paint that a young
child can mouth or chew.
“Child-occupied facility” means a building, or portion of a building, constructed prior to 1978, visited
by the same child under the age of six years on at least two different days within any week (Sunday through
Saturday period, provided that each day’s visit lasts at least three hours and the combined weekly visits last
at least six hours).
“Clearance testing” means an activity conducted following interim controls, lead abatement, paint
stabilization, standard treatments, ongoing lead-based paint maintenance, or rehabilitation to determine that
the hazard reduction activities are complete. Clearance testing includes a visual assessment, the collection
and analysis of environmental samples, the interpretation of sampling results, and the preparation of a
report.
“Deteriorated paint” means any interior or exterior paint or other coating that is cracking, flaking,
chipping, peeling, or chalking, or any paint or coating located on an interior or exterior surface that is
otherwise damaged or separated from the substrate of a building component.
“Dripline” means the area within three feet surrounding the perimeter of a building.
“Dust-lead hazard” means surface dust in residential dwellings or child-occupied facilities that
contains a mass-per-area concentration of lead greater than or equal to 40 micrograms per square foot on
floors, 250 micrograms per square foot on interior windowsills, and 400 micrograms per square foot on
window troughs based on wipe samples. A dust-lead hazard is present in a residential dwelling or child-
occupied facility when the weighted arithmetic mean lead loading for all single-surface or composite
samples of floors and interior windowsills is greater than or equal to 40 micrograms per square foot on
floors, 250 micrograms per square foot on interior windowsills, and 400 micrograms per square foot on
widow troughs based on wipe samples. A dust-lead hazard is present on floors, interior windowsills, or
window troughs in an unsampled residential dwelling in a multifamily dwelling if a dust-lead hazard is
present on floors, interior windowsills, or window troughs, respectively, in at least one sampled residential
unit on the property. A dust-lead hazard is present on floors, interior windowsills, or window troughs in an
unsampled common area in a multifamily dwelling if a dust-lead hazard is present on floors, interior
windowsills, or window troughs, respectively, in at least one sampled common area in the same common
area group on the property. If dust samples are not taken, it may be assumed that surfaces in rooms with
hazardous lead-based paint or where renovation, remodeling, or repainting has occurred recently are dust-
lead hazards.
“Elevated blood lead” or “EBL” means one venous blood level greater than or equal to 20 micrograms
per deciliter or at least two venous blood levels of 15 to 19 micrograms per deciliter.
“Elevated blood lead child” or “EBL child” means any child who has had one venous blood lead level
greater than or equal to 20 micrograms per deciliter or at least two venous blood lead levels of 15 to 19
micrograms per deciliter.
“Elevated blood lead inspection” or “EBL inspection” means an inspection to determine the sources of
lead exposure for an EBL child and the provision within ten working days of a written report explaining the
results of the investigation to the property owner and occupant of the residential dwelling or child-occupied
facility being inspected and to the parents of the EBL child. An inspector shall not determine that a
residential dwelling is free of lead-based paint as a result of an EBL inspection.
“Friction surface” means an interior or exterior surface that is subject to abrasion or friction, including
but not limited to certain window, floor, and stair surfaces.

“Hazardous lead-based paint” means lead-based paint that is present on a friction surface where there
is evidence of abrasion or where the dust-lead level on the nearest horizontal surface underneath the friction
surface (e.g., the windowsill or floor) is equal to or greater than the dust-lead hazard level, lead-based paint
that is present on an impact surface that is damaged or otherwise deteriorated from impact, lead-based paint
that is present on a chewable surface, or any other deteriorated lead-based paint in any residential building
or child-occupied facility or on the exterior of a residential building or child-occupied facility.
“Impact surface” means an interior or exterior surface that is subject to damage by repeated sudden
force, such as certain parts of doorframes.
“Lead-based paint” means any paint or other surface coatings that contain lead equal to or in excess of
1.0 milligram of lead per square centimeter or more than 0.5 percent by weight. Lead-based paint is present
on any surface that is tested and found to contain lead equal to or in excess of 1.0 milligram per square
centimeter or more than 0.5 percent by weight and on any surface like a surface tested in the same room
equivalent that has a similar painting history and that is found to be lead-based paint.
“Lead-based paint hazard” means hazardous lead-based paint, a dust-lead hazard, or a soil-lead hazard.
“Local board” means the local board of health as authorized by Iowa Code chapter 137.
“Mid-yard” means an area of a residential yard approximately midway between the dripline of a
residential building and the nearest property boundary or between the driplines of a residential building and
another building on the same property.
“Occupant” means any person living, sleeping, cooking or eating in, or having any actual possession of
a dwelling or dwelling unit.
“Owner” means any person who, alone or jointly with others, (1) has legal title to any dwelling, with or
without accompanying actual possession thereof, or (2) has charge, care, or control of any dwelling by
acting as the agent of the owner or as the executor, administrator, trustee, or guardian of the estate of the
owner.
“Paint-lead hazard” means the presence of hazardous lead-based paint in a residential dwelling or a
child-occupied facility.
“Play area” means an area of frequent soil contact by children of less than six years of age as indicated
by but not limited to factors including the following: the presence of play equipment, toys, or other
children’s possessions; observations of play patterns; or information provided by parents, residents,
caregivers, or property owners.
“Residential building” means a building containing one or more residential dwellings.
“Residential dwelling” means (1) a detached single-family dwelling unit, including the surrounding
yard, attached structures such as porches and stoops, and detached buildings and structures, including but
not limited to garages, farm buildings, and fences; or (2) a single-family dwelling unit in a structure that
contains more than one separate residential dwelling unit, that is used or occupied, or intended to be used or
occupied, in whole or part, as the home or residence of one or more persons.
“Retaliation” means harassment, termination of the tenancy, discontinuation of utilities or other
services, and any other action taken against the lessee.
“Soil-lead hazard” means bare soil on residential real property or on the property of a child-occupied
facility that contains total lead greater than or equal to 400 parts per million for the dripline, mid-yard, and
play areas. A soil-lead hazard is present in a dripline, mid-yard, or play area when the soil-lead
concentration from a composite sample of bare soil is greater than or equal to 400 parts per million. If soil
samples are not taken, it may be assumed that bare soil within 3 feet of the foundation of a garage or other
structure built prior to 1978 is a soil-lead hazard.