Section 1370-E. Reporting lead exposure levels

1.  Every physician or
  authorized practitioner shall give notice of  elevated  lead  levels  as
  specified  by  the  commissioner  pursuant  to regulation, to the health
  officer of the health district wherein the patient  resides,  except  as
  otherwise provided.
    2. The commissioner may, by regulation, provide that cases of elevated
  lead  levels  which  occur  (a)  in  health districts of less than fifty
  thousand population not having a full-time health  officer,  or  (b)  in
  state  institutions  shall be reported directly to the department or its
  district health officer.
    3. Whenever an analysis of a clinical specimen for lead  is  performed
  by  a laboratory or a physician or authorized practitioner, the director
  of such laboratory or such physician or authorized  practitioner  shall,
  within  such period specified by the commissioner report the results and
  any related information in connection therewith to the local  and  state
  health  officer  to  whom  a  physician  or  authorized  practitioner is
  required to report such cases pursuant to this section.
    4. The person in charge of every hospital, clinic,  or  other  similar
  public  or  private institution shall give notice of every child with an
  elevated blood lead level coming under the care of  the  institution  to
  the  local  or  state  health  officer to whom a physician or authorized
  practitioner is required to report such cases pursuant to this section.
    5. The notices required by this section shall be in a form  and  filed
  in such time period as shall be prescribed by the commissioner.