(410 ILCS 45/7) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1307)
Sec. 7.
Reports of lead poisoning required.
Every physician who
diagnoses, or a nurse, hospital administrator or public health officer who has
verified information of the
existence of any person found or suspected to have a level of lead in the
blood in excess of the permissible limits set forth in regulations
adopted by the Department, within 48 hours of receipt of
verification,
shall report to the Department the name, address, laboratory results, date
of birth, and any other information about the person deemed essential by
the Department. Directors of clinical laboratories must report to the
Department, within 48 hours of receipt of verification, positive
results of all
blood
lead analyses performed in their facility. The information included in the
clinical laboratories report shall include, but not be limited to, the child's
name, address, date of birth, name of physician ordering analysis, and specimen
type. All negative results must be reported to the Department in accordance
with rules adopted by the Department. These rules shall not require reporting
in less than 30 days after the end of the month in which the negative results
are obtained. All
reports shall be treated in
the same manner as information subject to the provisions of Part 21 of Article
VIII of the Code of Civil Procedure. Any physician, nurse, hospital
administrator, director of a
clinical laboratory, public health officer, or allied health professional
making a report in good faith shall be immune from any civil or criminal
liability that otherwise might be incurred from the making of a report.
(Source: P.A. 89-381, eff. 8-18-95; 90-182, eff. 1-1-98.)
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