Vermont Statutes Title 18 Sec. 1245
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 18 Sec. 1245
- Action level: means four parts per billion (ppb) of lead. See
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Health. See
- Department: means the Department of Health. See
- following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See
- Outlet: means a drinking water fixture currently or reasonably expected to be used for consumption or cooking purposes, including a drinking fountain, an ice machine, or a faucet as determined by a school district, supervisory union, independent school, or child care provider. See
§ 1245. Record keeping; public notification; database
(a) Record keeping. The Department of Health shall retain all records of test results, laboratory analyses, lead remediation plans, and waiver requests for 10 years following the creation or acquisition of the record. Records produced or acquired by the Department under this chapter are public records subject to inspection or copying under the Public Records Act.
(b) Public notification. On or before March 1, 2021, the Commissioner shall publish on the Department website the data from testing under section 1243 of this title so that the results of sampling are fully transparent and accessible to the public. The data published by the Department shall include a list of all buildings or facilities owned, controlled, or operated by a school district, supervisory union, independent school, or child care provider at which drinking water from an outlet tested is at or above the action level within the previous two years of reported samples. The Commissioner shall publish all retesting data on the Department’s website within two weeks of receipt of the relevant laboratory analysis. The Secretary of Education shall include a link on the Agency of Education website to the Department of Health website required under this subsection. (Added 2019, No. 66, § 1, eff. June 17, 2019.)