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90_SB0247eng
410 ILCS 45/7 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1307
Amends the Lead Poisoning Prevention Act. Provides that
only positive results, rather than all results, of a blood
lead analysis must be reported to the Illinois Department of
Public Health within 48 hours of receipt of verification by
directors of clinical laboratories. Provides that negative
results must be reported to the Department according to
rules adopted by the Department which rules shall not require
reporting in less than 30 days after the end of the month in
which the negative results are obtained. Provides that all
reports shall be treated in the same manner as are medical
studies under the provisions on evidence in the Code of Civil
Procedure.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Lead Poisoning Prevention Act by
2 changing Section 7.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Lead Poisoning Prevention Act is amended
6 by changing Section 7 as follows:
7 (410 ILCS 45/7) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1307)
8 Sec. 7. Reports of lead poisoning required. Every
9 physician who diagnoses, or a nurse, hospital administrator
10 or public health officer who has verified information of the
11 existence of any person found or suspected to have a level of
12 lead in the blood in excess of the permissible limits set
13 forth in regulations adopted promulgated by the Department,
14 within 48 hours of receipt of verification, shall report to
15 the Department the name, address, laboratory results, date of
16 birth, and any other information about the person deemed
17 essential by the Department. Directors of clinical
18 laboratories must report to the Department, within 48 hours
19 of receipt of verification, positive the results of all blood
20 lead analyses performed in their facility. The information
21 included in the clinical laboratories report shall include,
22 but not be limited to, the child's name, address, date of
23 birth, name of physician ordering analysis, and specimen
24 type. All negative results must be reported to the Department
25 in accordance with rules adopted by the Department. These
26 rules shall not require reporting in less than 30 days after
27 the end of the month in which the negative results are
28 obtained. All reports shall be treated in the same manner as
29 information subject to the provisions of Part 21 of Article
30 VIII of the Code of Civil Procedure. Any physician, nurse,
31 hospital administrator, director of a clinical laboratory,
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1 public health officer, or allied health professional making a
2 report in good faith shall be immune from any civil or
3 criminal liability that otherwise might be incurred from the
4 making of a report.
5 (Source: P.A. 89-381, eff. 8-18-95.)