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D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
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Title 22. HEALTH |
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SubTilte 22-B. PUBLIC HEALTH AND MEDICINE |
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Chapter 22-B73. CHILDHOOD LEAD POISONING PREVENTION |
Section 22-B7303. REPORTING
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7303.1Each time a health care provider or health care facility draws blood or orders a blood draw for a BLL test for a child residing in the District of Columbia, the health care provider or health care facility shall collect and record the information listed in § 7303.3. The provider or facility shall transmit the information to the laboratory performing the BLL analysis at the same time the provider or facility transmits the blood specimen to the laboratory.
7303.2Each laboratory that analyzes a blood sample taken from a child residing in the District of Columbia shall, within a week after completion of the analysis, submit a report that meets the requirements in § 7303.3, as follows:
(a)The laboratory shall submit a written report to the health care provider or the health care facility where the sample was taken;
(b)The laboratory shall submit a report to the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (Program), through the Program’s electronic reporting system; and
(c)The laboratory shall immediately notify the health care provider or the health care facility and the Program of the results by telephone or fax if the child's BLL equals or exceeds ten micrograms of lead per deciliter (10 μg/dL).
7303.3The laboratory reports for BLL tests shall include the following information:
(a)Full name, date of birth, gender, and race of the child;
(b)Social Security Number of the child;
(c)Medicaid Identification Number of the child, if applicable;
(d)Complete home address of the child at the time the blood sample was drawn, including the house or apartment number, street, and zip code;
(e)Full name, address, and telephone number of the parent or guardian;
(f)Name, address, and telephone number of the health care provider or health care facility, including the name and telephone number of the physician ordering the test;
(g)Type of specimen (venous or capillary), and date on which the specimen was drawn;
(h)Draw site name, address, and telephone number, if different from the health care provider or health care facility;
(i)Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA) number, name, address, and telephone number;
(j)Blood lead level, in micrograms per deciliter (μ/dL);
(k)Name, address, and telephone number of any insurance company that may provide coverage for the child, and the group number and member identification number of the primary insured; and
(l)Any other information that may be required in any reporting forms or instructions that the Program may issue.
7303.4Immediately upon receipt of a laboratory report indicating an elevated BLL in a child, the health care provider or health care facility shall inform the child's parent or guardian of the results and the measures recommended for follow-up treatment and care. Upon request, the provider or facility shall furnish the parent or guardian with a copy of the laboratory report free of charge.
7303.5Each health care provider or health care facility shall report a lead-poisoned child to the Program as follows:
(a)Report a lead-poisoned child by telephone within seventy-two (72) hours after receiving information of a lead-poisoned child from a laboratory or another health care provider or health care facility;
(b)Supply the child's name and address; and
(c)Supply the name and telephone number of the child's parent or guardian.
7303.6The health care provider or health care facility shall, upon a parent's or guardian's request, provide to the child's parent or guardian, a certificate of testing for lead poisoning that includes the date of the test and the test results.
7303.7Except as provided in this section, each health care provider, health care facility, laboratory, and the Program shall keep confidential the laboratory report prepared pursuant to this section and the underlying transmittal information from the health care provider or health care facility to the laboratory.
7303.8An employee or agent of the District of Columbia Government may disclose the following information concerning a child with an elevated BLL to the Department, to the owner of the affected property, and to the owner's attorney:
(a)The name of the child;
(b)The child's home address;
(c)The name and telephone number of the child's parent or guardian; and
(d)Any other information contained in a laboratory report prepared pursuant to this section, except that the child's Social Security Number shall not be disclosed to the owner of the affected property or the owner's attorney.
7303.9An employee or agent of the District of Columbia Government may disclose the address of an affected property, but not the name of a child who may have become lead-poisoned at the affected property, or any other information contained in a laboratory report prepared pursuant to this section concerning that child, to the following:
(a)The Department of Housing and Community Development;
(b)The Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs;
(c)The Housing Authority;
(d)The Water and Sewer Authority; and
(e)An individual or business entity retained to conduct lead-based paint activities at the affected property, provided the individual or business entity is certified pursuant to the Lead-Based Paint Abatement and Control Act of 1996, effective April 9, 1997 (D.C. Law 11-221, D.C. Official Code § 8-115.01 et seq.).
7303.10Except as provided in this section, no person other than an employee or agent of the Department may disclose the name of the child or any other information contained in a laboratory report prepared pursuant to this section, to any other person without the express consent of the parent or guardian.