As used in this article, unless the context requires otherwise:

1. (a) "Department" means the Department of Health and Environmental Control.
2. (b) "Dwelling" means a structure, all or part of which is designed or used for human habitation, including any outbuilding, fencing or other structure used in conjunction therewith.
3. (c) "Dwelling unit" means any room, group of rooms or other areas of a dwelling.
4. (d) "Exposed surface" means any interior surface of a dwelling, dwelling unit or child care facility and those exterior surfaces of such structures which are chewable by or readily accessible to children six years of age or younger, such as stairs, porches, railings, windows, doors and siding from ground level to a vertical distance of at least five feet, including those interior or exterior surfaces where peeling or chipping paint or other similar surface-coating material occurs or is likely to occur.
5. (e) "Householder" means the occupant of a dwelling or dwelling unit or his representative, the owner of an unoccupied dwelling unit or his representative or the owner of a day care facility or his representative.
6. (f) "Lead base substance" means any paint, lacquer, glaze or other similar surface-coating material and putty or plaster containing more than six hundredths of one percent lead by weight, calculated as lead metal in the total nonvolatile content or in the dried paint film or seven-tenths or more milligrams per square centimeter of lead in the dried film of paint already applied as measured by in situ analyzer device.
7. (g) "Person" means any individual, firm, corporation, association, trust or partnership.
8. (h) "Sale" or "sell" means transfer or delivery for a consideration, barter, exchange or gift or offer therefor.
9. (i) "Toys" means all articles intended for use by infants or children as playthings.
10. (j) "Lead poisoning" means a blood lead level at an elevation hazardous to health as established by the director.
11. (k) "Director" means the Director of the Department of Health and Environmental Control.
12. (l) "Child care facility" means a structure or portion thereof in which children under six years of age are present on a regular basis, including any structure used primarily as a residence, school, nursery, day care center, clinic, treatment center or other facility catering to the needs of children including any outbuilding, fencing or other structure used in conjunction therewith.