Requirements for a Training Provider of a Risk Assessor Training Course

PURPOSE: This rule delineates the curriculum requirements for a risk assessor training course. (1) A training provider of a risk assessor training course must ensure that their risk assessor training course curriculum includes, at a minimum, twelve (12) training hours of classroom training and four (4) training hours of hands-on training. (2) A lead risk assessor training course shall include, at a minimum, the following course topics. Requirements ending in an asterisk (*) indicate areas that require hands-on training as an integral component of the course. (A) Role and responsibilities of a risk assessor; (B) Collection of background information to perform a risk assessment, including information on the age and history of the housing and occupancy by children under six (6) years of age and women of child-bearing age; (C) Sources of environmental lead contamination such as paint, surface dust and soil, water, air, packaging, and food; (D) Visual inspection for the purposes of identifying potential sources of lead hazards;* (E) Lead hazard screen protocol;* (F) Full risk assessment protocol; (G) Elevated blood lead level investigations; (H) Sampling for other sources of lead exposure, including drinking water;* (I) Interpretation of lead-based paint and other lead sampling results related to Missouri clearance standards;* (J) Sections 701.300 to 701.338, RSMo, Missouri regulations pertaining to lead licensure, and Missouri Work Practice Standards for Lead-Bearing Substances specific to risk assessment activities; (K) Development of hazard control options, the role of interim controls, and operations and maintenance activities to reduce lead-bearing substance hazards; (L) Legal liabilities and obligations specific to a risk assessor; and (M) Preparation of a final risk assessment report.* AUTHORITY: sections 701.301 and 701.314, RSMo Supp. 1998.* Emergency rule filed Aug. 19, 1999, effective Aug. 30, 1999, expired Feb. 25, 2000. Original rule filed Aug. 19, 1999, effective Feb. 29, 2000. *Original authority: 701.301, RSMo 1998 and 701.314, RSMo 1993, amended 1998.