LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 308

(House Bill 434)

AN ACT concerning

Medical Laboratories - Blood Lead Reporting

FOR the purpose of requiring that a medical laboratory report to
a local health department the results of certain blood lead
tests above a certain level that indicate a risk of lead
poisoning greater than a certain level; and requiring that
local health departments report certain information under
this Act to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

BY adding to

Article - Health - General
Section 17-202.2
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1982 Volume and 1984 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Health - General

17-202.2.

(A) IN THIS SECTION, "CLASS I" MEANS THE LOW RISK CATEGORY
OR ANY SUCCESSOR CATEGORY FOR BLOOD LEAD POISONING THAT IS
DEFINED BY THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL.

(B)  A MEDICAL LABORATORY SHALL REPORT THE RESULTS OF ANY
POSITIVE BLOOD LEAD TEST BLOOD LEAD OR ERYTHROCYTE PROTOPORPHYRIN
TEST THAT INDICATES A RISK OF LEAD POISONING THAT IS GREATER THAN
CLASS I PERFORMED ON ANY CHILD 18 YEARS AND UNDER TO THE LOCAL
HEALTH DEPARTMENT OF THE JURISDICTION WHERE THE CHILD RESIDES. A
TEST IS POSITIVE IF THE BLOOD LEAD LEVEL IS 30 MICROGRAMS PER
DECILITER OF BLOOD OR ABOVE.

(C) A LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT SHALL REPORT ANY INFORMATION
IT RECEIVES UNDER SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION TO THE
DEPARTMENT.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1985.

Approved May 21, 1985.

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