Tex.
Health & Safety Code Section 88.004
Persons Required to Report
(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 (Hospitals);(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.
Source:
Section 88.004 — Persons Required to Report, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.88.htm#88.004 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).
