Section 325.9083. Reporting responsibilities.

(1) All clinical laboratories and users of portable blood lead analyzers doing business in this state that analyze blood samples for lead shall report all blood lead results, rounded to the nearest whole number, for adults and children to the department electronically consistent with R 325.9084. If a result and required reportable information under R 325.9082 cannot be reported electronically within the time frame specified by this rule, then the results shall be submitted to the Michigan Department of Community Health, Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (CLPPP), 109 W. Michigan Avenue, Lansing, MI 48909 or [phone] (facsimile). Reports shall be made to the department within 5 working days after test completion. Nothing in these rules shall prevent a person or entity required to report under these rules from reporting results to the department sooner than 5 working days.

(2) Nothing in this rule shall be construed to relieve a clinical laboratory or a user of a portable blood lead analyzer from reporting results of a blood lead analysis to the physician or other health care provider who ordered the test or to any other entity as required by state, federal, or local statutes or regulations or in accordance with accepted standard of practice, except that reporting in compliance with this rule satisfies the blood lead reporting requirements of 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211.

History: 1997 AACS; 2015 AACS.