Sec. 88.004. PERSONS REQUIRED TO REPORT

(a) A person required to report childhood blood lead levels of concern shall report to the department in the manner specified by board rule. Except as provided by this section, a person required by this section to report must make the report immediately after the person gains knowledge of the case or suspected case of a child with a blood lead level of concern.

(b) A physician shall report a case or suspected case of childhood lead poisoning or of a child with a blood lead level of concern after the physician's first examination of a child for whom reporting is required by board rule.

(c) A person in charge of an independent clinical laboratory, a hospital or clinic laboratory, or other facility in which a laboratory examination of a specimen derived from the human body yields evidence of a child with a blood lead level of concern shall report the findings to the department as required by board rule.

(d) If a report is not made as required by Subsection (b) or (c), the following persons shall report a case or suspected case of a child with lead poisoning or a blood lead level of concern and all information known concerning the child:

(1) the administrator of a hospital licensed under Chapter 241;

(2) a professional registered nurse;

(3) an administrator or director of a public or private child care facility;

(4) an administrator of a home health agency;

(5) an administrator or health official of a public or private institution of higher education;

(6) a superintendent, manager, or health official of a public or private camp, home, or institution;

(7) a parent, managing conservator, or guardian; and

(8) a health professional.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 965, Sec. 52, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.