Texas Occupations Code Title 12, Chapter 1955 - Lead-based Paint Abatement

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1955.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Child-occupied facility" means a building or part of a building constructed before 1978, including a day-care center, preschool, or kindergarten classroom,...

SUBCHAPTER B CERTIFICATION AND ACCREDITATION

• Texas Section 1955.002 - Rules Restricting Advertising Or Competitive Bidding
  (a) The executive commissioner may not adopt rules restricting advertising or competitive bidding by a certified or accredited person except to prohibit false, misleading, or...
• Texas Section 1955.051 - Certification And Accreditation Program
  (a) The department shall establish a program in compliance with federal law and rules for: (1) certification of a person involved in a lead-based paint...
• Texas Section 1955.052 - Certification Requirement
  (a) The executive commissioner by rule may require a person involved in a lead-based paint activity in target housing or a public area that the...
• Texas Section 1955.053 - Fees
  The executive commissioner by rule may impose a fee to cover the cost of administering the program. The executive commissioner shall set fees for issuing...
• Texas Section 1955.054 - Examination Results
  (a) Not later than the 30th day after the date a person takes any certification or accreditation examination under this chapter, the department shall notify...
• Texas Section 1955.055 - Term Of Certification Or Accreditation; Expiration
  (a) A certification or accreditation is valid for two years. (b) The executive commissioner by rule may adopt a system under which certifications or accreditations...
• Texas Section 1955.056 - Notice Of Expiration
  Not later than the 30th day before the expiration date of a person's certification or accreditation, the department shall send written notice of the impending...
• Texas Section 1955.057 - Certification Or Accreditation Renewal
  (a) A person who is otherwise eligible to renew a certification or accreditation may renew an unexpired certification or accreditation by paying the required renewal...

SUBCHAPTER C PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1955.058 - Renewal By Out-of-state Practitioner
  (a) The department may renew without reexamination an expired certification or accreditation of a person who was certified or accredited in this state, moved to...
• Texas Section 1955.101 - Disciplinary Action By Department
  The department shall revoke, suspend, or refuse to renew a certification or accreditation or shall reprimand a certified or accredited person for a violation of...
• Texas Section 1955.102 - Probation
  (a) The department may place on probation a person whose certification or accreditation is suspended. (b) The department may require a person whose certification or...
• Texas Section 1955.103 - Administrative Penalty
  (a) The department may impose an administrative penalty on a person who violates this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter. The amount of...
• Texas Section 1955.104 - Injunctive Relief; Civil Penalty
  (a) If it appears that a person has violated, is violating, or is threatening to violate this chapter or a rule adopted or certification issued...
• Texas Section 1955.105 - Criminal Penalty
  (a) A person commits an offense if: (1) the person knowingly violates this chapter or a rule adopted or certification issued under this chapter; and...

Last modified: September 28, 2016