(a) Health care providers should follow the department's Form Pb-109, Physician Reference on Follow-up Testing and Coordination of Care, which may be obtained from the department's website http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/lead or by calling 1-800-588-1248, and meets the federal requirements for the recommended schedule for:
(1) obtaining a confirmatory diagnostic venous blood lead test sample; and
(2) providing early and late follow-up care and other activities.
(b) Environmental lead investigation, shall comply with the department's eligibility criteria for environmental lead investigation as prescribed in §37.339(a) of this title (relating to Environmental Lead Investigations Procedures).
(c) The investigator shall provide guidance to parents, guardians, and consulting physicians from lead-risk assessment reports on how to eliminate or control lead exposures that may be contributing to the child's blood lead level.
Source Note: The provisions of this §37.337 adopted to be effective August 28, 2008, 33 TexReg 6829