Texas Health and Safety Code 88.004 – Persons Required to Report
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(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.
Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code 88.004
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Rule: includes regulation. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(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.