---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 4852c"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "4852c"
heading: "Guidelines for lead-based paint hazard evaluation and reduction activities"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/4852c"
units:
  - "Chapter 63A — Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction"
  - "Subchapter I — Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction"
---

# §4852c. Guidelines for lead-based paint hazard evaluation and reduction activities


Not later than 12 months after October 28, 1992, the [Secretary](/usc/42/4851b.md?p=26), in consultation with the [Administrator](/usc/42/4005.md?p=1) of the Environmental Protection [Agency](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1), the [Secretary](/usc/42/4851b.md?p=26) of Labor, and the [Secretary](/usc/42/4851b.md?p=26) of Health and Human Services (acting through the [Director](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5) of the Centers for Disease Control), shall issue guidelines for the conduct of [federally supported work](/usc/42/4851b.md?p=9) involving [risk assessments](/usc/42/4851b.md?p=25), [inspections](/usc/42/4851b.md?p=12), [interim controls](/usc/42/4851b.md?p=13), and [abatement](/usc/42/4851b.md?p=1) of [lead-based paint hazards](/usc/42/4851b.md?p=15). Such guidelines shall be based upon criteria that measure the condition of the housing (and the presence of children under age 6 for the purposes of [risk assessments](/usc/42/4851b.md?p=25)) and shall not be based upon criteria that measure the health of the residents of the housing.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 102–550, title X, § 1017, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3909.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

Centers for Disease Control changed to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by Pub. L. 102–531, title III, § 312, Oct. 27, 1992, 106 Stat. 3504.