LAC 48:V.7009. Reporting Requirements of Blood Lead Levels by Laboratories and by Health Care Providers Performing Office-Based Blood Lead Analyses for Public Health Surveillance

A. Health care providers who conduct blood lead level screenings using a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) waived blood lead analysis device to determine blood lead levels and clinical laboratories responsible for conducting analysis to determine blood lead levels for health care providers and/or for referring laboratories, shall also report all results to the Louisiana Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program by electronic transmission in a format consistent with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines for uniform reporting of blood lead results to state and local health departments as available at https://ldh.la.gov/page/electronic-laboratory-reporting-elr-in-louisiana. B. The following information is required and essential for appropriate monitoring, screening and treatment of lead poisoning. 1. All results of blood lead testing for children under 72 months of age must be reported regardless of the test results 2. All laboratories responsible for directly conducting blood lead level analyses and laboratories responsible for referring the analysis to another laboratories must collect all the information specified in items under §7007.A.1-14.from the health care provider.