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The Maryland Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Act [ Maryland Annotated Code, Section 6-802 (1996); and Maryland Annotated Code, Section 67-817(b) (1996)]
Some Baltimore Lead Poisoning Legislative History :
In 1996 the State of Maryland passed the Lead Paint Poisoning Prevention Act as an emergency procedure based on the Act's inactivity as a regular bill. The statute was created to reduce the incidence of childhood lead poisoning, while maintaining the stock of available rental housing units --- particularly in Baltimore City.
The Act was a trailblazer in limiting liability for landlords in lead paint poisoning cases. It requires owners/landlords to register their housing units with the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene that are affected by lead. The owners then must implement a strict abatement procedure, with established time frames and a percentage of property that must be made lead-free by the established time of October 1, 2004.
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