Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement

Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement. A. Compliance Inspections and Investigations (1) The Department may inspect or investigate the practices of any person involved in lead-based paint activities in target housing or child-occupied facilities as defined in these rules. (2) Advance notice of inspections or investigations by the Department is not required. (3) Department representatives shall not be impeded or refused entry in the course of their official duties in accordance with these regulations by reason of any regulatory or contractual specification. (4) All persons engaged in lead-based paint activities must have the Commission- issued certificate or required training records present at the worksite. B. Enforcement - Penalties, Reprimands, Suspensions, Revocation of Certificates, Proceedings and Hearings before the Commission and Appeals. Penalties, reprimands, suspensions and revocations of certificates shall be governed by Section 49-17-529, Mississippi Code Annotated. All proceedings and hearings before the Commission regarding violations of Section 49-17-501, et seq. Mississippi Code Annotated, or any rule or regulation, written order of the Commission, emergency order of the Executive Director or certificates issued or renewed by the Commission pursuant to Section 49-17-501, et seq., Mississippi Code Annotated and all appeals therefrom shall be conducted in accordance with Section 49-17-31 through 49-17-41, Mississippi Code Annotated. C. Severability. If any rule, paragraph, subparagraph, provision, section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of any of these regulations, or the application of same to any person or set of circumstances is for any reason challenged or held to be invalid or void, the validity of the remaining regulations and/or portions thereof or their application to other persons or sets of circumstances shall not be affected thereby.