Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 45, November 8, 2024
Section 64-42-4 - Protocol for Screening of Children4.1. West Virginia health care providers shall conduct a screening test on all children before the age of six years for risk of elevated blood lead levels in accordance with the recommendations contained in: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention, Low Level Lead Exposure Harms Children: A Renewed Call for Primary Prevention (2012); Council on Environmental Health, Prevention of Childhood Lead Toxicity, Pediatrics, 138(a), e20161493 (2016).4.1.1. All children shall receive a screening test at one year and again at two years of age, and children 36 to 72 months of age if they have not been screened previously; and4.1.2. The screening tests shall be recorded in each child's medical record at the health care provider's office. The Office of Maternal, Child and Family Health shall ensure laboratory results received are incorporated in the Immunization Registry within the Lead Module provided by the Bureau for Public Health for health care provider reference. This information shall include the date of screening test, the child's address, the location where the screening test was conducted, which screening test was used, and the physician's name.4.2. The protocol for confirmation of elevated blood lead levels shall be in accordance with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention, Low Level Lead Exposure Harms Children: A Renewed Call for Primary Prevention (2012).