Division III

(a) The Director shall prepare an Informational Bulletin about lead poisoning problems, screening and testing for elevated blood lead levels, the procedures for lead control and hazard reduction, how to obtain additional information on the topic, and the obligations imposed by this ordinance. The Director may amend the Informational Bulletin from time to time as he or she deems appropriate and shall review the bulletin at least annually to determine whether amendments are appropriate.

(b) The Director shall prepare a Pre-1978 Hazard Notice form for owners and occupants of residential property. The notice shall contain information on lead hazards, a warning that dwelling units constructed before 1978 may contain lead hazards, and shall provide a phone number to call for additional information. The notice shall be written in at least six languages, including English, and shall state in English that the document contains important health information for property owners and tenants.

(c) The Director shall prepare an Affidavit form for property owners to attest that they have provided copies of the Pre-1978 Hazard Notice to tenants as required by Section 1616. The Director shall provide copies of the Pre-1978 Hazard Notice and Affidavit forms to owners and tenants upon request.

(Added by Ord. 376-92, App. 12/23/92; amended by Ord. 409-96, App. 10/21/96)

(a) The Director shall engage in an outreach program to inform the public about lead poisoning problems and steps the public can take to learn more about screening and testing services.

(b) The Director shall provide copies the Informational Bulletin to each physician who provides CHDP services in the City with a request that the physician provide the information to parents and guardians of children when the

children are enrolled in the CHDP program.

(c) The Director shall provide the Informational Bulletin to the San Francisco Unified School District with a request that the District provide the information to parents on a regular basis of no less than once every six months.

(d) The Director shall provide the Informational Bulletin to persons who request a copy of a birth certificate for a child under six years of age.

(e) The Director shall provide the Informational Bulletin to the Department of Social Services, the Recreation and Park Department, the Library Commission, and other departments that the Director deems appropriate with a written directive that these departments implement a program designed to provide the information to children and parents involved in programs that they sponsor. Each City department shall comply with this directive.

(f) The Director shall provide the Informational Bulletin to the Head Start program with a request that it provide parents and guardians of children enrolled in Head Start programs with the information.

(g) The Director shall adopt and implement a program designed to disseminate the Informational Bulletin to pregnant women by any means that the Director determines appropriate.

(h) The Director shall make the Informational Bulletin available to persons who use City health care facilities.

(i) The Director shall make the Informational Bulletin available to physicians and health care facilities who have any contact with women of childbearing age, pregnant women, or families so that they may place the bulletin in publicly accessible areas for their patients. The Director shall take any steps that he or she determines reasonable to notify physicians and health care facilities of the availability of the information and to encourage its dissemination, including requesting the assistance of the San Francisco Medical Society.

(j) The Director shall provide the Informational Bulletin to the Mayor's Office of Children, Youth and Their Families with a written directive that it:

(1) Provide the Informational Bulletin to San Francisco's State-funded resource and referral agencies;

(2) Request these agencies to feature the Informational Bulletin once a year in either an agency newsletter or other communication with providers and the public;

(3) Request that these agencies distribute the Informational Bulletin to every licensed childcare facility who in turn are requested to give the bulletin to parents of children enrolled in their program at least once a year.

The Mayor's Office of Children, Youth and Their Families shall comply with this directive.

(k) The Director shall provide the Informational Bulletin to the San Francisco Association of Realtors with a request that the Association make it available to members of the Association and other persons in the real estate community.

(l) The Director may charge a reasonable fee to persons who request a copy of the Informational Bulletin. (Added by Ord. 376-92, App. 12/23/92)

City departments providing education and outreach services pursuant to this ordinance shall provide the information in a language appropriate to the intended audience.

(Added by Ord. 376-92, App. 12/23/92)

The Director shall provide educational training for the owners and operators of childcare facilities that receive City and County of San Francisco revenues for their childcare operations. As a condition of receiving such revenues for their childcare operations, the owner and operator of each childcare facility shall participate in the Director's educational training program for childcare facilities and shall develop a program for staff, parents and guardians of children served by the facility designed to communicate the information obtained in the training program. The

Director's program shall include education regarding the hazards to health from exposure to lead, the sources of exposure, the CHDP program and interim methods for reducing exposure to, and the effects of lead on, humans. The Director may include in the program childcare providers other than owners and operators of facilities that receive local revenues for their childcare operations.

(Added by Ord. 376-92, App. 12/23/92)

The Director shall provide written information informing the public of the methods by which lead can be abated or removed from property and of any risks to health that may arise from construction activities. The Director of the Department of Building Inspection shall provide copies of this written information to every person who applies for a building or demolition permit.

(Added by Ord. 376-92, App. 12/23/92; amended by Ord. 409-96, App. 10/21/96)

(a) The Tax Collector shall mail a copy of the Informational Bulletin or an equivalent lead hazard warning, along with each County tax bill.

(b) The Tax Collector shall mail a copy of the Pre-1978 Hazard Notice and Affidavit forms prepared under Section 1610 along with each County tax bill until January 1, 2003.

(Added by Ord. 376-92, App. 12/23/92; amended by Ord. 409-96, App. 10/21/96; Ord. 267-99, File No. 991649, App. 10/22/99)

Every owner of any dwelling unit constructed prior to 1978 shall provide a copy of the Pre-1978 Hazard Notice, and any other form of notice required by federal or State law to every tenant in each such dwelling unit within 10 days of commencement of occupancy, or for tenancies in existence on the effective date of this Article, within 60 days of such effective date. The owner shall complete, sign and maintain Affidavits provided in Section 1610(c) as instructed thereon in order to provide evidence of compliance with this Article. The requirements of this Section shall terminate effective January 1, 2003.

(Added by Ord. 409-96, App. 10/21/96; Ord. 267-99, File No. 991649, App. 10/22/99)