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211.900 Definitions for KRS 211.900 to 211.905 and KRS 211.994. As used in KRS 211.900 to 211.905 and KRS 211.994, unless the context otherwise <br>requires: <br>(1) &quot;Cabinet&quot; shall mean the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; <br>(2) &quot;Secretary&quot; shall mean the secretary for health and family services or his authorized representative; (3) &quot;Lead-based hazard&quot; shall mean levels contained in the federal Residential Lead-based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992; (4) &quot;Dwelling&quot; shall mean any structure or child-occupied facility, all or a part of which is designed for human habitation; (5) &quot;Dwelling unit&quot; shall mean any room or group of rooms or other interior areas of a dwelling or child-occupied facility designed or used for human habitation; (6) &quot;Owner&quot; shall mean any person who, alone, jointly, or severally with others, has legal title to, charge, care, or control of any dwelling or dwelling unit as owner, <br>agent of the owner, or as executor, administrator, trustee, conservator, or guardian <br>of the estate of the owner; (7) &quot;At-risk persons&quot; shall mean all children seventy-two (72) months of age and younger and pregnant women who reside in dwellings or dwelling units which were <br>constructed and painted prior to 1978, or reside in geographic areas defined by the <br>cabinet as high risk, or possess one (1) or more risk factors identified in a lead <br>poisoning verbal risk assessment approved by the cabinet; (8) &quot;Outreach programs&quot; shall mean those efforts to locate, screen, and diagnose for elevated lead blood levels, those at-risk persons who are not utilizing existing <br>screening and diagnostic programs or those programs which may be established <br>after June 21, 1974; (9) &quot;Elevated blood lead level&quot; means any blood lead level greater than or equal to ten (10) micrograms per deciliter of whole blood or a level consistent with <br>recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the <br>American Academy of Pediatrics; and (10) &quot;Confirmed elevated blood lead level&quot; means a first venous blood lead test or a second capillary blood lead test taken within the time frames specified by the <br>cabinet where the blood lead test result is greater than or equal to fifteen (15) <br>micrograms per deciliter of whole blood. Effective: July 12, 2006 <br>History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 180, sec. 2, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 390, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 426, sec. 330, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 141, <br>sec. 72, effective July 1, 1982. -- Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 20, sec. 1, effective June <br>21, 1974. Note: 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 396, sec. 76 would have amended this section effective July 1, 1982. However, 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 396 was repealed by 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 141, <br>sec. 146, also effective July 1, 1982.

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211.900 Definitions for KRS 211.900 to 211.905 and KRS 211.994. As used in KRS 211.900 to 211.905 and KRS 211.994, unless the context otherwise <br>requires: <br>(1) &quot;Cabinet&quot; shall mean the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; <br>(2) &quot;Secretary&quot; shall mean the secretary for health and family services or his authorized representative; (3) &quot;Lead-based hazard&quot; shall mean levels contained in the federal Residential Lead-based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992; (4) &quot;Dwelling&quot; shall mean any structure or child-occupied facility, all or a part of which is designed for human habitation; (5) &quot;Dwelling unit&quot; shall mean any room or group of rooms or other interior areas of a dwelling or child-occupied facility designed or used for human habitation; (6) &quot;Owner&quot; shall mean any person who, alone, jointly, or severally with others, has legal title to, charge, care, or control of any dwelling or dwelling unit as owner, <br>agent of the owner, or as executor, administrator, trustee, conservator, or guardian <br>of the estate of the owner; (7) &quot;At-risk persons&quot; shall mean all children seventy-two (72) months of age and younger and pregnant women who reside in dwellings or dwelling units which were <br>constructed and painted prior to 1978, or reside in geographic areas defined by the <br>cabinet as high risk, or possess one (1) or more risk factors identified in a lead <br>poisoning verbal risk assessment approved by the cabinet; (8) &quot;Outreach programs&quot; shall mean those efforts to locate, screen, and diagnose for elevated lead blood levels, those at-risk persons who are not utilizing existing <br>screening and diagnostic programs or those programs which may be established <br>after June 21, 1974; (9) &quot;Elevated blood lead level&quot; means any blood lead level greater than or equal to ten (10) micrograms per deciliter of whole blood or a level consistent with <br>recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the <br>American Academy of Pediatrics; and (10) &quot;Confirmed elevated blood lead level&quot; means a first venous blood lead test or a second capillary blood lead test taken within the time frames specified by the <br>cabinet where the blood lead test result is greater than or equal to fifteen (15) <br>micrograms per deciliter of whole blood. Effective: July 12, 2006 <br>History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 180, sec. 2, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 390, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 426, sec. 330, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 141, <br>sec. 72, effective July 1, 1982. -- Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 20, sec. 1, effective June <br>21, 1974. Note: 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 396, sec. 76 would have amended this section effective July 1, 1982. However, 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 396 was repealed by 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 141, <br>sec. 146, also effective July 1, 1982.

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211.900 Definitions for KRS 211.900 to 211.905 and KRS 211.994. As used in KRS 211.900 to 211.905 and KRS 211.994, unless the context otherwise <br>requires: <br>(1) &quot;Cabinet&quot; shall mean the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; <br>(2) &quot;Secretary&quot; shall mean the secretary for health and family services or his authorized representative; (3) &quot;Lead-based hazard&quot; shall mean levels contained in the federal Residential Lead-based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992; (4) &quot;Dwelling&quot; shall mean any structure or child-occupied facility, all or a part of which is designed for human habitation; (5) &quot;Dwelling unit&quot; shall mean any room or group of rooms or other interior areas of a dwelling or child-occupied facility designed or used for human habitation; (6) &quot;Owner&quot; shall mean any person who, alone, jointly, or severally with others, has legal title to, charge, care, or control of any dwelling or dwelling unit as owner, <br>agent of the owner, or as executor, administrator, trustee, conservator, or guardian <br>of the estate of the owner; (7) &quot;At-risk persons&quot; shall mean all children seventy-two (72) months of age and younger and pregnant women who reside in dwellings or dwelling units which were <br>constructed and painted prior to 1978, or reside in geographic areas defined by the <br>cabinet as high risk, or possess one (1) or more risk factors identified in a lead <br>poisoning verbal risk assessment approved by the cabinet; (8) &quot;Outreach programs&quot; shall mean those efforts to locate, screen, and diagnose for elevated lead blood levels, those at-risk persons who are not utilizing existing <br>screening and diagnostic programs or those programs which may be established <br>after June 21, 1974; (9) &quot;Elevated blood lead level&quot; means any blood lead level greater than or equal to ten (10) micrograms per deciliter of whole blood or a level consistent with <br>recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the <br>American Academy of Pediatrics; and (10) &quot;Confirmed elevated blood lead level&quot; means a first venous blood lead test or a second capillary blood lead test taken within the time frames specified by the <br>cabinet where the blood lead test result is greater than or equal to fifteen (15) <br>micrograms per deciliter of whole blood. Effective: July 12, 2006 <br>History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 180, sec. 2, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 390, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 426, sec. 330, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 141, <br>sec. 72, effective July 1, 1982. -- Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 20, sec. 1, effective June <br>21, 1974. Note: 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 396, sec. 76 would have amended this section effective July 1, 1982. However, 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 396 was repealed by 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 141, <br>sec. 146, also effective July 1, 1982.