The Environmental Lead Program is responsible for administering the laws and regulations related to lead detection and abatement.

Specific program activities of the program relate to:

• The application process for accreditation of training providers
  and monitoring of accredited courses.
• Applications for certification to conduct lead-hazard inspections and risk assessments and review of inspection and risk-assessment reports.
• Applications for certification of abatement detection companies, supervisors or workers who wish to conduct lead-hazard abatement.
• Review of abatement plans, issuance of abatement permits
  and Inspectors/Risk Assessors conducting quality inspections of abatement sites.
• Complaint investigations related to certification or work practice procedures and standards violations.
• Regulated community and consumer education.

Certification

To maintain certification in Kentucky you shall at least 30 days before the expiration date indicated on the certificate, submit to the department:

• A completed application
• A fee established in Section 8 of administrative regulation 902 KAR 48:020; and
• Documentation of successful completion of an approved refresher course for the appropriate discipline, taken within the last 12 months of the certification period.

After attending an approved initial course and applying for certification by the department you must become certified within 12 months or  reapply for initial certification and pay the initial fees.

• Initial Certification for Lead Hazard Company
  
• Initial Certification for Inspector
  
• Initial Certification of Project Designer
  
• Initial Certification for Risk Assessor
  
• Initial Certification for Lead Dust Sampling Technician
  
• Initial Certification for Supervisor
  
• Initial Certification for Worker
  
• Certification Renewal for a Company
  
• Certification Renewal for Inspector
  
• Certification Renewal for Project Designer
  
• Certification Renewal for Risk Assessor
  
• Certification Renewal for Lead Dust Sampling Technician
  
• Certification Renewal for Supervisor
  
• Certification Renewal for Worker