(a) Health care providers should follow the department's Form Pb-109, Physician Reference on Follow-up Testing and Coordination of Care, which may be obtained from the department's website http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/lead or by calling 1-800-588-1248, and meets the federal requirements for the recommended schedule for:
- (1) obtaining a confirmatory diagnostic venous blood lead test sample; and
- (2) providing early and late follow-up care and other activities.
- (b) Environmental lead investigation, shall comply with the department's eligibility criteria for environmental lead investigation as prescribed in §37.339(a) of this title (relating to Environmental Lead Investigations Procedures).
- (c) The investigator shall provide guidance to parents, guardians, and consulting physicians from lead-risk assessment reports on how to eliminate or control lead exposures that may be contributing to the child's blood lead level.
Source Note:The provisions of this §37.337 adopted to be effective August 28, 2008, 33 TexReg 6829.