{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-130a-453.02","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 130A-453.02","heading":"Purpose of Article.","body":"(a)\tThis Article is enacted to establish an authorized State program under section 404 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. § 2684), as enacted by Subtitle B, section 1021 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 (Pub. L. 102-550, 106 Stat. 3916), that will apply in this State in lieu of the corresponding federal program administered by the federal Environmental Protection Agency. This Article requires a person who performs an inspection, risk assessment, or abatement of a child-occupied facility or target housing to be certified and establishes the procedure and requirements for certification. It also requires a person who conducts an abatement of a child-occupied facility or target housing to obtain a permit for the abatement.\n(b)\tThis Article does not require the inspection, risk assessment, or abatement of a child-occupied facility or target housing under any circumstance. G.S. 130A-131.5 and the rules adopted to implement that section authorize the Department to order an abatement to eliminate a lead poisoning hazard. This Article does not expand or otherwise change that authority. (1997-523, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 130A. Public Health.","Article 19A. Lead-Based Paint Hazard Management Program."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_130A/GS_130A-453.02.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:20:37Z","sha256":"87dbf52112aa773e9e7087ba93ca01995f2afd68ac8f239c206b16da5ba5b89b","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-130a-453.01","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-130a-453.03"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}