Section 7 AAC 27.014 - Reporting of blood lead test results(a) Not later than one week after receiving the results of a blood lead test that exceeds the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention blood lead reference value, dated December 2, 2022, and adopted by reference as amended from time to time micrograms per deciliter, a health care provider shall report to the department (1) the name and address of the health care provider that requested or performed the test; and(2) the following information about the person tested:(F) community of residence; and(G) test results in micrograms per deciliter, including the date of the test and the type of test (venous or capillary).(b) A public, private, military, hospital, other laboratory, or health care provider performing any blood lead analyses in this state or on samples obtained in this state shall report, not later than four weeks after performing the test, (1) the name, date of birth, sex, race, ethnicity, and community of residence of the person tested;(2) the test result in micrograms per deciliter, including the date of the test and the type of test (venous or capillary); and(3) the name and address of the health care provider that ordered the test.Eff 1/19/96, Register 137; am 2/10/99, Register 149; readopt 12/24/2004, Register 172; readopt 12/29/2006, Register 180; am 12/29/2013, Register 208, January 2014; am 11/30/2018, Register 228, January 2019; am 9/3/2023, Register 247, October 2023Effective 12/24/2004, Register 172, the Department of Health and Social Services (now the Department of Health) readopted 7 AAC 27.014 without change, to affirm the validity of that section under current statutory authority.
Effective 12/29/2006, Register 180, the Department of Health and Social Services (now the Department of Health) readopted 7 AAC 27.014 without change, to affirm the validity of that section under current statutory authority. As of Register 183 (October 2007), the regulations attorney made technical revisions under AS 44.62.125(b)(6), to 7 AAC 27.014.
The CDC's (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) current blood lead reference value (BLRV). is available on the CDC's website at https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/data/blood-lead-reference-value.htm.
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