Wis. Admin. Code Department of Health Services DHS 181.04 - Reporting responsibility and test result access

(1) The results of all blood lead tests performed on blood samples taken from Wisconsin residents shall be reported to the department.

(2)

(a) When a health care provider sends a blood sample to a clinical laboratory for determination of the concentration of lead in the blood, the health care provider shall include with the blood sample all the information required under s. DHS 181.06(1). This shall fulfill the requirement of the health care provider to report under s. 254.13(1), Stats., unless the health care provider uses a laboratory outside the state of Wisconsin.

(b) If the health care provider sends blood samples to a clinical laboratory outside of Wisconsin, the health care provider shall report the blood lead test results and the other information described in s. DHS 181.06 to the department, unless written assurance is provided by the clinical laboratory to the department that the clinical laboratory is reporting the results to the department within the time specified in s. DHS 181.05, in which case the health care provider's reporting requirements shall be considered fulfilled as described in par. (a).

(3) Directors of clinical laboratories and persons performing onsite blood lead testing shall report to the department the results of all blood lead tests and the other information as described in s. DHS 181.06 for each blood lead test regardless of the concentration of lead in the blood.

(4) The department shall make blood lead test results accessible to health care providers treating the person tested.

(5) If the blood lead test result indicates lead poisoning or lead exposure, the department shall transmit the test result to the local health department in the area in which the person tested resides.

Notes

Wis. Admin. Code Department of Health Services DHS 181.04

Cr. Register, May, 2000, No. 533, eff. 6-1-00; CR 04-040: r. and recr. (5) Register November 2004 No. 587, eff. 12-1-04. Amended by, CR 19-019: r. and recr. (2), renum. (3) (a) to (3) and am., r. (3) (b), (c), r. and recr. (4), am. (5), r. (6), (7) Register December 2019 No. 768, eff. 1-1-20; correction in (2) (b) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register December 2019 No. 768, eff. 1/1/2020

To obtain information about reporting or to send blood test results and other patient information, write or call the Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, Division of Public Health, P.O. Box 2659, Madison, WI 53701-2659, telephone (608) 266-5817.