1999 Minnesota Statutes

  268.92 Repealed, 1998 c 273 s 15 

*   NOTE:  Subdivision 4 was also amended by Laws 1998, chapter 
*407, article 2, section 97, to read as follows: 

*   "Subd. 4.    Lead supervisor or certified firm.  (a) 
*Eligible organizations and lead supervisors or certified firms 
*may participate in the swab team program.  An eligible 
*organization receiving a grant under this section must assure 
*that all participating lead supervisors or certified firms are 
*licensed and that all swab team workers are certified by the 
*department of health under section 144.9505.  Eligible 
*organizations and lead supervisors or certified firms may 
*distinguish between interior and exterior services in assigning 
*duties and may participate in the program by: 

*   (1) providing on-the-job training for swab team workers; 

*   (2) providing swab team services to meet the requirements 
*of sections 144.9503, subdivision 4, and 144.9504, subdivision 
*6; 

*   (3) providing a removal and replacement component using 
*skilled craft workers under subdivision 7; 

*   (4) providing lead testing according to subdivision 7a; 

*   (5) providing lead dust cleaning supplies, as described in 
*section 144.9507, subdivision 4, paragraph (c), to residents; or 

*   (6) having a swab team worker instruct residents and 
*property owners on appropriate lead control techniques, 
*including the lead-safe directives developed by the commissioner 
*of health.  

*   (b) Participating lead supervisors or certified firms must: 

*   (1) demonstrate proof of workers' compensation and general 
*liability insurance coverage; 

*   (2) be knowledgeable about lead abatement requirements 
*established by the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
*and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and lead 
*hazard reduction requirements and lead-safe directives of the 
*commissioner of health; 

*   (3) demonstrate experience with on-the-job training 
*programs; 

*   (4) demonstrate an ability to recruit employees from areas 
*at high risk for toxic lead exposure; and 

*   (5) demonstrate experience in working with low-income 
*clients."