PURPOSE: This rule delineates the curriculum requirements for a risk assessor training course.

1. (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. (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.

   1. (A) Role and responsibilities of a risk assessor;
   2. (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;
   3. (C) Sources of environmental lead contamination such as paint, surface dust and soil, water, air, packaging, and food;
   4. (D) Visual inspection for the purposes of identifying potential sources of lead hazards;*
   5. (E) Lead hazard screen protocol;*
   6. (F) Full risk assessment protocol;
   7. (G) Elevated blood lead level investigations;
   8. (H) Sampling for other sources of lead exposure, including drinking water;*
   9. (I) Interpretation of lead-based paint and other lead sampling results related to Missouri clearance standards;*
   10. (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;
   11. (K) Development of hazard control options, the role of interim controls, and operations and maintenance activities to reduce lead-bearing substance hazards;
   12. (L) Legal liabilities and obligations specific to a risk assessor; and
   13. (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.