Indiana law assumes that all paint in a building built before 1960 is lead-based paint. If intact, lead-based paint may not be a hazard. It is often better to keep the paint in place and maintain it until you do a major renovation using lead-safe work practices.

The following are lead-based paint hazards on target housing or child-occupied facilities:

• Damaged or deteriorated lead-based paint. This paint is either:

• Cracking, chipping, peeling, or chalking; or

• Separated from the substrate (wood, plaster, etc.)

• Paint that has evidence of teeth marks.

• Surface dust contains more than:

• 40 micrograms of lead per square foot on floors; or

• 250 micrograms of lead per square foot on interior window sills based on wipe samples.

                as measured by a dust wipe.

• Bare soil contains total lead equal to or exceeding:

• 400 parts per million in a play area or

• Average of 1,200 parts per million of bare soil in the rest of the yard.