The Michigan Lead Abatement Act requires that any person performing lead-based paint activities in houses built before 1978, or in child-occupied facilities, must be certified by the Department of Community Health.
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Certified Workers and Supervisors are responsible for lead hazard control activities - those involving removal of lead in homes.
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Certified Inspectors and Risk Assessors are responsible for identifying lead-based paint and hazards through lead inspections and risk assessments.
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Inspectors, Risk Assessors, and Clearance Technicians are resposible for determining that a home is lead-safe after hazard control work has been done.
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Certified [licensed] lead abatement firms perform the hazard control activities responsible for eliminating or minimizing lead-based paint. Certified Workers and Supervisors must be employed by one of these firms to perform the work.
Click on one of the following titles to download a list of the certified persons or firms in that category.
The following list is regularly updated, but may not be completely accurate at any particular moment in time. To more accurately verify the current status of an individual lead abatement professional or an abatement contractor company go to http://www7.dleg.state.mi.us/free/ .
Some of the lists may be quite lengthy and will take a moment or two to load.
If you have the name of a Lead Professional or the name of a Lead Abatement Contractor, you can
verify certification
here. If they are currently certified, the status will be listed as active or certified. If they are not current, the status will be listed as lapsed.