§ 1370-E — Reporting lead exposure levels

§ 1370-e. Reporting lead exposure levels. 1. Every physician or\nauthorized practitioner shall give notice of elevated lead levels as\nspecified by the commissioner pursuant to regulation, to the health\nofficer of the health district wherein the patient resides, except as\notherwise provided.\n 2. The commissioner may, by regulation, provide that cases of elevated\nlead levels which occur (a) in health districts of less than fifty\nthousand population not having a full-time health officer, or (b) in\nstate institutions shall be reported directly to the department or its\ndistrict health officer.\n 3. Whenever an analysis of a clinical specimen for lead is performed\nby a laboratory or a physician or authorized practitioner, the director\nof such laboratory or such physician or authorized practitioner shall,\nwithin such period specified by the commissioner report the results and\nany related information in connection therewith to the local and state\nhealth officer to whom a physician or authorized practitioner is\nrequired to report such cases pursuant to this section.\n 4. The person in charge of every hospital, clinic, or other similar\npublic or private institution shall give notice of every child with an\nelevated blood lead level coming under the care of the institution to\nthe local or state health officer to whom a physician or authorized\npractitioner is required to report such cases pursuant to this section.\n 5. The notices required by this section shall be in a form and filed\nin such time period as shall be prescribed by the commissioner.\n