1031b

The duties and responsibilities of every pediatrician’s office include, but are not limited to, the following:(a) Handing out, free of charge, information material about the importance of learning about risk factors, signs, and symptoms associated with lead poisoning provided by the Department of Health in accordance with this chapter.(b) Any institution required to do so under this chapter, shall keep a register of the signatures of all the recipients of the information material, in which they shall attest to such fact and their signatures.(c) Start distributing information materials within one hundred twenty (120) days after the approval of this act. Likewise, begin keeping the record referred to in subsection (a) of this section.(d) Pediatricians may make recommendations on the time and frequency a minor should be tested in order to determine the lead levels in the blood, as provided by the standards of care and the Health Department, considering the following, without it being understood as a limitation:(1) If the child lives in a home built before 1978, where paint is cracked or peeling.(2) If the child lives in a home built before 1978, which has been or is being

t being understood as a limitation:(1) If the child lives in a home built before 1978, where paint is cracked or peeling.(2) If the child lives in a home built before 1978, which has been or is being renovated.(3) If the parent of the child is exposed to lead at his/her workplace or while practicing a hobby. History —Mar. 30, 2011, No. 39, § 4.