REPORTABLE HEALTH CONDITION.
Tex. HEALTH & SAFETY Code § 88.003.
in effect(a) Childhood blood lead levels that exceed the reference level are reportable.
(b) The executive commissioner by rule may designate:
(1) blood lead concentrations in children that must be reported; and
(2) the ages of children for whom the reporting requirements apply.
(c) The executive commissioner may adopt rules that establish a registry of children with blood lead levels that exceed the reference level and lead poisoning.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 965, Sec. 52, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.
