approximately 24 months of age. The following apply:
(1) A health care practitioner providing health care
services to children under two years of age shall perform
lead testing on those children, unless the health care
practitioner, after querying the Statewide registry provided
for under section 4(c), determines that the child has already
undergone lead testing.
(2) A child who has not had his blood lead level tested
between approximately nine and 12 months of age and again at
approximately 24 months of age shall have his blood lead
level tested as soon as possible after 24 months of age but
before 72 months of age.
(b) Additional testing.--If the results of a blood lead test
indicate a blood lead level at or above the reference value for
exposure identified by the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, the health care practitioner shall perform a
confirmatory blood lead test by venipuncture within 12 weeks of
the first blood lead test and within the time frame recommended
by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
(c) Reporting.--Health care practitioners, health care
facilities and laboratories shall comply with 28 Pa. Code ยง
27.34 (relating to reporting cases of lead poisoning).
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insurance coverage for testing, including information
regarding the Medical Assistance (MA) Early and Periodic
Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) program and how
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practitioner
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