NYC Admin Code › Chapter 2: Housing Maintenance Code › Subchapter 2: Maintenance, Services, and Utilities › Article 14: Lead Poisoning Prevention and Control
§ 27-2056.18 Application of this article based on age of child
For the purposes of this article, the term "applicable age" shall mean "under seven years of age" for at least one calendar year from the effective date of this section. Upon the expiration of such one year period, in accordance with the procedures by which the health code is amended, the board of health may determine whether or not the provisions of this article should apply to children of age six, and based on this determination, may redefine "applicable age" for the purposes of some or all of the provisions of this article to mean "under six years of age," but no lower.
- Source
- NYC Admin Code, as published by American Legal Publishing, the City's official publisher
- Last amended
- No amendment date in the official history
- Checked
- Matched the official code on October 1, 2026
Publisher's notes
Added by the publisher for reference. Not part of the law.
- Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 2004/001.
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