N.Y. Public Health Law § 1370-e: Reporting lead exposure levels

§ 1370-e. Reporting lead exposure levels. 1. Every physician or

authorized practitioner shall give notice of elevated lead levels as

specified by the commissioner pursuant to regulation, to the health

officer of the health district wherein the patient resides, except as

otherwise provided.

2. The commissioner may, by regulation, provide that cases of elevated

lead levels which occur (a) in health districts of less than fifty

thousand population not having a full-time health officer, or (b) in

state institutions shall be reported directly to the department or its

district health officer.

3. Whenever an analysis of a clinical specimen for lead is performed

by a laboratory or a physician or authorized practitioner, the director

of such laboratory or such physician or authorized practitioner shall,

within such period specified by the commissioner report the results and

any related information in connection therewith to the local and state

health officer to whom a physician or authorized practitioner is

required to report such cases pursuant to this section.

4. The person in charge of every hospital, clinic, or other similar

public or private institution shall give notice of every child with an

elevated blood lead level coming under the care of the institution to

the local or state health officer to whom a physician or authorized

practitioner is required to report such cases pursuant to this section.

5. The notices required by this section shall be in a form and filed

in such time period as shall be prescribed by the commissioner.