1. All owners or employees of the owner performing visual examinations or undertaking corrective
action or maintenance work shall complete a one-day training course on safe building maintenance
practices and applicable New Jersey law offered by a training provider accredited by the Department of
Health and Senior Services. Courses approved for this purpose shall include:
i. The Lead-Based Paint Maintenance Training Program, "Work Smart, Work Wet, and Work Clean
to Work Lead Safe," prepared by the National Environmental Training Association for EPA and
HUD;
ii. "The Remodeler's and Renovator's Lead-Based Paint Training Program," prepared by HUD and
the National Association of the Remodeling Industry;
iii. Lead Safety for Remodeling, Repair and Painting: A Joint EPA-HUD Course; or
iv. Any other course that the Department finds to be substantially equivalent.
2. Owners or employees of the owner shall not perform dust wipe sampling unless they have
completed a State-certified course in accordance with this section or a HUD-approved clearance
technician course (for example, the course developed by EPA, "Lead Sampling Technician ('HUD
Clearance Technician') Training Course").
(h) Tenant notification and owner response requirements are as follows:
1. Owners shall distribute a pamphlet developed by the Department prior to commencement of repair
work that will disturb more than two square feet of lead-based paint, unless the tenant has received the
pamphlet within the last 12 months.
2. Owners shall post a notice advising tenants to report deteriorated paint and shall respond to any
reported problem within 30 days. The notice shall include the landlord's name, address, and telephone
number.
i. If an owner has received notice from a tenant that there is a pregnant woman or a