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Texas Health and Safety Code - HEALTH & SAFETY § 88.004. Persons Required to Report

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) A person required to report childhood blood lead levels shall report to the department in the manner specified by department 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 a child with a reportable blood lead level.

(b) A physician shall report a case or suspected case of childhood lead poisoning or of a child with a reportable blood lead level after the physician's first examination of a child for whom reporting is required by this chapter or department 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 reportable blood lead level shall report the findings to the department as required by department rule.

(d) If a report is not made as required by Subsection (b) or (c), the following persons shall report a child's reportable blood lead level and all information known concerning the child:

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

(2) a registered nurse;

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

(4) an administrator of a home and community support services 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.

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