MGL Chap 111 Section189APart I ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
Title XVI PUBLIC HEALTH
Chapter 111 PUBLIC HEALTH
Section
189A
DEFINITIONS APPLICABLE TO SECS. 189A TO 199B
Section 189A. For the purposes of this section and sections one
hundred and ninety to one hundred and ninety-nine B, inclusive, the
following words shall, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise,
have the following meanings:—
''Abatement'', the removal and replacement of paint, plaster or other
accessible structural material containing dangerous levels of lead.
''Advisory committee'', the committee established in section one
hundred and ninety.
''Child-occupied facility'', a building or portion thereof constructed
before 1978 and visited regularly by the same child, under 6 years of
age, on at least 2 different days within a week if each day's visit lasts at
least 3 hours, the combined weekly visits last at least 6 hours and the
combined annual visits last at least 60 hours, and shall include but not
be limited to, day care centers, preschools and kindergarten classrooms;
provided, however, that child-occupied facilities may be located in
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residential premises or in public or commercial buildings.
''Commissioner'', the commissioner of public health.
''Containment'', the encapsulation, covering or enclosing by means
authorized by the director, of paint, plaster or other accessible structural
material containing dangerous levels of lead.
''Department'', the department of public health.
''Director'', the lead poisoning control director provided for in section
one hundred and ninety.
''Owner'', any person who alone or jointly or severally with others (i)
has legal title to any premises; (ii) has charge or control of any
premises as an agent who has authority to expend money for
compliance with the state sanitary code, executor, administrator, trustee
or guardian of the estate or the holder of legal title; (iii) is an estate or
trust of which such premises is a part, or the grantor or beneficiary of
such an estate or trust; or (iv) is the association of unit owners of a
condominium or cooperative, which shall be considered an owner
solely with respect to common areas and exterior surfaces and fixtures
of such condominium or cooperative; provided, however, that the term
''owner'' shall not include a secured lender except to the extent provided
in section one hundred and ninety-seven D.
''Premises'', any residential premises, dwelling unit or residential
property constructed prior to nineteen hundred and seventy-eight.
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