W. Va. Code R. § 64-42-3 - Definitions
3.1. Bureau. -- The
West Virginia Bureau for Public Health.
3.2. Commissioner. -- The Commissioner of the
Bureau for Public Health.
3.3.
Elevated Blood Lead Level. -- A concentration of lead in the blood stream as
defined in U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning
Prevention, Low Level Lead Exposure Harms Children: A Renewed Call for
Primary Prevention (2012).
3.4. Health Care Provider. -- A physician, or
his or her designee, at any medical facility, including but not limited to,
private clinics, health departments, and hospitals.
3.5. Laboratory. -- A facility or place,
however, named, for the biological, microbiological, serological, chemical,
immuno-hematological, hematological, biophysical, cytological, pathological, or
other examination of materials derived from the human body for the purpose of
providing information for the diagnosis, prevention or treatment of any disease
or impairment of, or the assessment of the health of human beings and is
participating in the CDC blood lead laboratory proficiency program.
3.6. Screening. -- The assessment of a
child's environment and social conditions to determine risk for lead
poisoning.
3.7. Screening test. --
A procedure using a blood sample to detect lead poisoning levels.
Notes
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Current through Register Vol. XXXIX, No. 11, March 18, 2022
3.1. Bureau. -- The West Virginia Bureau for Public Health.
3.2. Commissioner. -- The Commissioner of the Bureau for Public Health.
3.3. Elevated Blood Lead Level. -- A concentration of lead in the blood stream as defined in the reference manual provided by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "Managing Elevated Blood Lead Levels Among Young Children: Recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention," 2002.
3.4. Health Care Provider. -- A physician, or his or her designee, at any medical facility, including but not limited to, private clinics, health departments, and hospitals.
3.5. Laboratory. -- A facility or place, however, named, for the biological, microbiological, serological, chemical, immuno-hematological, hematological, biophysical, crytological, pathological, or other examination of materials derived from the human body for the purpose of providing information for the diagnosis, prevention or treatment of any disease or impairment of, or the assessment of the health of human beings and is participating in the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention blood lead laboratory proficiency program.
3.6. Screening. -- The assessment of a child's environment and social conditions to determine risk for lead poisoning.