a. In addition to or as part of any investigation required pursuant to section 27-2056.14, whenever a report has been made to the department of a person under 18 years of age with an elevated blood lead level that is at or above the blood lead reference level established pursuant to this subchapter, the department shall conduct such investigation as may be necessary to identify potential sources of such elevated blood lead level, including, but not limited to, inspecting the following areas:
1. Any dwelling unit in which the department determines such person is routinely present for 10 or more hours per week; and
2. Where a lead-based paint hazard is found in such a dwelling unit, any other dwelling unit in the same building in which a child under the age of one year resides, except that the department shall not be required to inspect any such dwelling unit that is required to be inspected by another agency or governmental entity; and
3. Any covered facility, as such term is defined in section 17-920, where the department determines the person with such elevated blood lead level is routinely present for 10 or more hours per week; and
4. Any park, playground or other area that is covered in bare soil where a risk assessment conducted by the department indicates that such bare soil presents a potential source of lead exposure contributing to such person's elevated blood lead level, except that the department of parks and recreation shall inspect any such park, playground or other area under its jurisdiction.
b. Whenever a report has been made to the department of a pregnant person with an elevated blood lead level, the department shall (i) conduct such investigation as may be necessary to identify potential sources of such elevated blood lead level, and (ii) after the birth of a child by such pregnant person, screen such child for elevated blood lead levels and assess whether the dwelling unit where such child resides contains a lead-based paint hazard or unsafe lead paint.
c. The department shall conduct outreach to any new parent or person imminently expecting to become a parent regarding the availability of inspections conducted pursuant to section 27-2056.9. Such outreach shall include information about blood lead testing for children, unsafe construction or renovation work practices and the availability of inspections for such practices.
d. Wherever the department is required to conduct an inspection pursuant to subdivision a of this section, such inspection shall include:
1. An inspection of the dwelling unit for lead-based paint hazards or unsafe lead paint, as applicable, including analysis by an x-ray fluorescence analyzer, in accordance with subdivision (7) of section 27-2056.2, of all friction surfaces, chewable surfaces, peeling paint, deteriorated subsurfaces and impact surfaces as such terms are defined in section 27-2056.2;
2. For a dwelling unit described in paragraph 1 of subdivision a of this section, assisting with the ordering of a free test kit supplied by the department of environmental protection to enable testing of drinking or cooking water for lead and conducting outreach, as needed, to promote the return of such test kit for testing; and
3. Lead testing of soil from any area on the property that (i) is covered in bare soil and (ii) presents a potential source of lead exposure contributing to the person's elevated blood lead level, as determined by the department's investigation.
e. In the event an inspection by the department pursuant to paragraph 1 of subdivision d of this section finds any lead-based paint hazards or unsafe lead paint on any surfaces, it shall order the correction of such conditions pursuant to the requirements of the New York city health code.
f. Nothing in this section shall require the department to analyze any area with an x-ray fluorescence analyzer more than once in any three-month period where no visual evidence of peeling paint or any deteriorated subsurface is observed.
(L.L. 2019/064, 4/14/2019, eff. 8/12/2019; Am. L.L. 2020/030, 2/11/2020, eff. 2/11/2021; Am. L.L. 2021/039, 4/18/2021, eff. 10/18/2022)
Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 2019/064.