701.342. High risk areas identified--assessment and testing requirements--laboratory reporting--additional testing required, when. - Missouri Statutes

High risk areas identified--assessment and testingrequirements--laboratory reporting--additional testing required, when.

701.342. 1. The department of health and senior services shall,using factors established by the department, including but not limited tothe geographic index from data from testing reports, identify geographicareas in the state that are at high risk for lead poisoning. All childrenless than six years of age who reside or spend more than ten hours a weekin an area identified as high risk by the department shall be testedannually for lead poisoning.

2. Every child less than six years of age not residing or spendingmore than ten hours a week in geographic areas identified as high risk bythe department shall be assessed annually using a questionnaire todetermine whether such child is at high risk for lead poisoning. Thedepartment, in collaboration with the department of social services, shalldevelop the questionnaire, which shall follow the recommendations of thefederal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The department maymodify the questionnaire to broaden the scope of the high-risk category.Local boards or commissions of health may add questions to thequestionnaire.

3. Every child deemed to be at high risk for lead poisoning accordingto the questionnaire developed pursuant to subsection 2 of this sectionshall be tested using a blood sample.

4. Any child deemed to be at high risk for lead poisoning pursuant tothis section who resides in housing currently undergoing renovations may betested at least once every six months during the renovation and once afterthe completion of the renovation.

5. Any laboratory providing test results for lead poisoning pursuantto sections 701.340 to 701.349 shall notify the department of the testresults of any child tested for lead poisoning as required in section701.326. Any child who tests positive for lead poisoning shall receivefollow-up testing in accordance with rules established by the department.The department shall, by rule, establish the methods and intervals offollow-up testing and treatment for such children.

6. When the department is notified of a case of lead poisoning, thedepartment shall require the testing of all other children less than sixyears of age, and any other children or persons at risk, as determined bythe director, who are residing or have recently resided in the household ofthe lead-poisoned child.

(L. 2001 S.B. 266, A.L. 2004 S.B. 1083)