Texas Administrative Code
Title 25 - HEALTH SERVICES
Part 1 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES
Chapter 37 - MATERNAL AND INFANT HEALTH SERVICES
Subchapter Q - REPORTING, TREATMENT AND INVESTIGATION OF CHILD BLOOD LEAD LEVELS
Section 37.336 - Reporting Procedures

Universal Citation: 25 TX Admin Code ยง 37.336

Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024

(a) The reporting physician, laboratory director, or alternate person as set forth in § 37.335(b) of this title (relating to Persons Required to Report) shall make the report of the child blood lead level results to the Department of State Health Services (department) immediately after receiving the blood lead test result. The department may authorize one or more employees to receive the report from the physician, laboratory director, or alternate person by telephone or fax. The department shall implement a method for verifying the identity of the telephone caller when that person is unfamiliar to the employee.

(b) Transmission also may be made by mail, courier, or electronic transfer.

(1) If by mail or courier, the reports shall be placed in a sealed envelope addressed to the attention of the Department of State Health Services, Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program and marked "confidential medical records."

(2) If by electronic transmission, including facsimile transmission by telephone, it shall be in a manner and form authorized by the commissioner or his or her designee in each instance. Any electronic transmission of the reports must provide at least the same degree of protection against unauthorized disclosure as those of mail or courier transmission.

(c) Blood lead levels of 40 micrograms per deciliter or greater shall be reported immediately by fax or telephone to the department at (800) 588-1248 or fax to (512) 458-7699. Reports shall include all information as required on the Texas Child Blood Lead Level Report Form, Publication #F09-11709. The following information shall be reported:

(1) the child's name, address, date of birth or age, sex, race and ethnicity;

(2) the child's blood lead level concentration, test date, and name and telephone number of the testing laboratory;

(3) whether the sample is capillary or venous blood; and

(4) the name and city of the attending physician.

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