{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-88.004","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 88.004","heading":"PERSONS REQUIRED TO REPORT.","body":"(a) A person required to report childhood blood lead levels shall report to the department in the manner specified by department rule. Except as provided by this section, a person required by this section to report must make the report immediately after the person gains knowledge of a child with a reportable blood lead level.\n(b) A physician shall report a case or suspected case of childhood lead poisoning or of a child with a reportable blood lead level after the physician's first examination of a child for whom reporting is required by this chapter or department rule.\n(c) A person in charge of an independent clinical laboratory, a hospital or clinic laboratory, or other facility in which a laboratory examination of a specimen derived from the human body yields evidence of a child with a reportable blood lead level shall report the findings to the department as required by department rule.\n(d) If a report is not made as required by Subsection (b) or (c), the following persons shall report a child's reportable blood lead level and all information known concerning the child:\n(1) the administrator of a hospital licensed under Chapter 241;\n(2) a registered nurse;\n(3) an administrator or director of a public or private child care facility;\n(4) an administrator of a home and community support services agency;\n(5) an administrator or health official of a public or private institution of higher education;\n(6) a superintendent, manager, or health official of a public or private camp, home, or institution;\n(7) a parent, managing conservator, or guardian; and\n(8) a health professional.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 965, Sec. 52, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0304, eff. April 2, 2015.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 2. HEALTH","SUBTITLE D. PREVENTION, CONTROL, AND REPORTS OF DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES","CHAPTER 88. REPORTS OF CHILDHOOD LEAD POISONING"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.88.htm#88.004","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"dcbbbcc4e98af86514b0579b5d57d07a7adddaf585411acf49ae1a050c0b7dbc","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-88.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-88.005"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}