Md. Code Regs. 26.02.01.02

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 18, September 6, 2024

Section 26.02.01.02 - Information to be Reported

A. Who Shall Report. The laboratory, health care provider's office, or other facility that draws a blood specimen from a child 18 years old or younger for a blood lead level test shall obtain the information required by §D(1)-(5) and (8) of this regulation at the time of drawing the blood specimen.

B. Time and Method for Reporting by a Facility that Initially Draws a Blood Specimen.

(1) A laboratory that performs blood lead analysis shall provide a referral form of paper or electronic requisition that specifies the required information for use by a laboratory, a health care provider's office, or another facility that draws a blood specimen.

(2) The facility that draws a blood specimen shall:

(a) Record the information required under §D(1)-(5) and (8) of this regulation on the laboratory's referral form or similar form; and

(b) Forward the required information concurrently with the blood specimen to the laboratory that performs blood lead analysis.

C. Time and Method for Reporting by a Laboratory. A laboratory required to report a blood lead level test under this regulation shall report the blood lead level test in the format approved by the Department and include all of the information required under §D of this regulation.

D. The blood lead level test to be reported shall include the following information:

(1) The child's demographic information, including:

(a) First name, last name, and middle initial;

(b) Date of birth, country of birth, sex, race, and ethnicity;

(c) Medical assistance number if the child is enrolled in Medicaid or the Maryland Children 's Health Program;

(d) Complete home address at the time the blood specimen was drawn, including house or apartment number, street, city or town, county or Baltimore City, zip code, and state;

(e) Telephone number; and

(f) Parent or guardian's name;

(2) If the child being tested is female, whether the child was pregnant at the time of the blood lead level test;

(3) Type of blood specimen, venous or capillary, and the blood draw date;

(4) The health care provider's office name, address, telephone number, and national provider identifier (NPI);

(5) If the draw site is different from the health care provider's office, the laboratory's or other facility's name, address, telephone number, and NPI;

(6) All of the following information about the laboratory performing the blood lead analysis:

(a) Laboratory name, address, telephone number, and clinical laboratory improvement amendment number (CLIA);

(b) Laboratory method used to analyze the blood specimen;

(c) The limit of detection for the method used to analyze the blood specimen; and

(d) If reporting a no result test result, the limit of detection for the laboratory;

(7) Blood lead level in micrograms per deciliter expressed with a numeric results comparator of

(a) Equal, if the blood lead level is an exact measurement; or

(b) Less than or greater than, if a blood lead level reading is below or above a certain level that a device used to analyze a blood specimen can accurately record; and

(8) Additional information as may be required by the Department.

Md. Code Regs. 26.02.01.02

Regulation .02 amended effective May 27, 1991 (18:10 Md. R. 1118)
Regulations .02 repealed and new Regulations .02 adopted as an emergency provision effective December 20, 2001 (29:1 Md. R. 19); adopted permanently effective April 15, 2002 (29:7 Md. R. 623); adopted effective 47:13 Md. R. 643, eff. 7/1/2020