§ 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.