- (a) This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Act.”
(b) For purposes of this chapter:
- (1) “Department” means the Department of Health and Social Services.
- (2) “Elevated blood lead level” means a blood lead level that meets or exceeds 3.5 micrograms per deciliter or a blood lead level established by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s blood lead reference value, whichever is lower.
- (3) “Lead-exposure site” means the location where a child was most likely exposed to lead.
- (4) “Program,” used as a proper noun, means the Delaware State Lead-Based Paint Program created under § 2607 of this title.
- (5) “Screening” means a capillary blood lead test, including where a drop of blood is taken from a finger or heel of the foot.
(6) “Testing” means any of the following:
- a. A venous blood test in which blood is drawn from a vein.
- b. Two capillary blood screenings collected within 12 weeks of each other.
69 Del. Laws, c. 310, § 1; 83 Del. Laws, c. 75, § 1; 84 Del. Laws, c. 102, § 1; 85 Del. Laws, c. 266, § 1