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File #: 180215    Version: 0 Name:
Type: Bill Status: ENACTED
File created: 3/8/2018 In control: Committee on Public Health and Human Services
On agenda: Final action: 4/12/2018
Title: Amending Chapter 6-800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Lead Paint Disclosure," to clarify an existing requirement that as a condition of licensing Family Child Day Care facilities built before March 1978 that such facilities be certified as lead safe or lead free, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsors: Councilmember Reynolds Brown
Indexes: LEAD PAINT DISCLOSURE
Code sections: 6-800 - Lead Paint Disclosure
Attachments: 1. CertifiedCopy18021500.pdf
Title
Amending Chapter 6-800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Lead Paint Disclosure," to clarify an existing requirement that as a condition of licensing Family Child Day Care facilities built before March 1978 that such facilities be certified as lead safe or lead free, all under certain terms and conditions.

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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. Chapter 6-800 of The Philadelphia Code is amended to read as follows:

CHAPTER 6-800. RESIDENTIAL LEAD PAINT DISCLOSURE AND
FAMILY CHILD DAY CARE FACILITY LEAD CERTIFICATION.

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§ 6-814. Lead-Safe Certification for Family Child Day Care Facilities.

(1) As a condition of obtaining a license to operate a Family Child Day Care facility, as defined in Sections B-425 and F-409 of the Code, the operator must either:

(a) certify that the property was built in March 1978 or thereafter; or

(b) provide a valid certification, as defined in this Chapter, by a certified lead inspector stating that the property is lead free or lead safe, under the conditions required for such a certification as established in this Chapter [with respect to leased properties].

(2) Family Child Day Care Facilities shall be permitted to obtain a license to operate a Family Child Day Care facility without meeting the requirements identified in § 6-814 (1) until January 1, 2020.


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