Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes > Chapter 130-A - Lead Paint Poisoning Prevention and Control

• Child: or "children" means a person or persons 72 months of age or less. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 130-A:1
• Child care facility: means a facility required to be licensed under the provisions of N. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 130-A:1
• children: means a person or persons 72 months of age or less. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 130-A:1
• Commissioner: means the commissioner of the department of health and human services. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 130-A:1
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Department: means the department of health and human services. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 130-A:1
• Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
• Dwelling: means a structure used or intended for human habitation, including interior and exterior surfaces, and may include common areas and all other property, including land and other structures, located within the same lot. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 130-A:1
• Dwelling unit: means any room, group of rooms or other interior area of a dwelling or other structure, all or part of which is offered or made available for human habitation, and may include all common areas of the unit and exterior surfaces. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 130-A:1
• Encapsulation: means resurfacing or covering surfaces with such substances, including paints as are approved as encapsulants, and sealing or caulking with durable materials, to prevent or control the creation of lead exposure hazards. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 130-A:1
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
• following: when used by way of reference to any section of these laws, shall mean the section next preceding or following that in which such reference is made, unless some other is expressly designated. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:13
• Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. ^{Source: OCC}
• governing body: shall mean the board of selectmen in a town, the board of aldermen or council in a city or town with a town council, the school board in a school district or the village district commissioners in a village district, or when used to refer to unincorporated towns or unorganized places, or both, the county commissioners. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:48
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Health authority: means any health officer appointed under N. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 130-A:1
• Health care provider: means any person, corporation, facility, or institution either licensed by this state or otherwise lawfully providing health care services, and any officer, employee or agent of such provider acting in the course and scope of employment or agency related to or supportive of health care services. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 130-A:1
• In-place management: means the use of maintenance or administrative controls, including specialized cleaning and periodic monitoring, to prevent lead base substances from becoming lead exposure hazards. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 130-A:1
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Interim controls: means a set of measures designed to reduce temporarily human exposure or likely exposure to lead exposure hazards, including regular cleaning, repairs, maintenance, painting, or temporary containment, and the establishment and operation of management and resident education programs. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 130-A:1
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Lead abatement contractor: means any person or entity engaged in lead base substance abatement. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 130-A:1
• Lead base substance: means :
  (a) When present in a dried film of paint or other coating on walls, woodwork or other surfaces, or in plaster, putty or other substances:
  (1) The presence of lead equal to or greater than 1. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 130-A:1
• Lead base substance abatement: means any set of measures designed to permanently eliminate a lead exposure hazard, including removal, containment, encapsulation, or replacement of surfaces or fixtures that present a lead exposure hazard and all preparation, cleanup, and post abatement clearance testing associated with such measures. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 130-A:1
• Lead exposure hazard: means :
  (a) The presence of lead base substances on chewable, accessible, horizontal surfaces that protrude more than
  1/2 inch and are located more than 6 inches but less than 4 feet from the floor or ground;
  (b) Lead base substances which are peeling, chipping, chalking, or cracking or any paint located on an interior or exterior surface or fixture that is damaged or deteriorated and is likely to become accessible to a child;
  (c) Lead base substances on interior or exterior surfaces that are subject to abrasion or friction or subject to damage by repeated impact; or
  (d) Bare soil in play areas or the rest of the yard that contains lead in concentrations equal to or greater than the limits defined in N. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 130-A:1
• Lead hazard reduction: means a set of measures designed to reduce a lead exposure hazard, including abatement, interim controls, or a combination of them. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 130-A:1
• Lead inspector: means any person or entity engaged in inspections for the presence of lead base substances. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 130-A:1
• Lead risk assessor: means an individual who conducts risk assessments, as defined in He-P 1602. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 130-A:1
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Occupant: means any person who legally resides in a dwelling or dwelling unit. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 130-A:1
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Owner: means any person who, alone or jointly or severally with others, has legal title to any dwelling, dwelling unit, or child care facility, or a person who has charge, care or control of a dwelling, dwelling unit, or child care facility as an agent of the owner, or an executor, administrator, trustee, or guardian of the estate of the owner. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 130-A:1
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: means any individual, corporation, company, association, partnership or other entity and includes town, city, county and state governmental agencies. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 130-A:1
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• petition: when used in connection with the equity jurisdiction of the superior court, and referring to a document filed with the court, shall mean complaint, and "petitioner" shall mean plaintiff. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:51
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• real estate: shall include lands, tenements, and hereditaments, and all rights thereto and interests therein. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:21
• state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• United States: shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4