2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 211 - STATE HEALTH PROGRAMS 211.901 Statewide program for prevention, screening, diagnosis, and treatment of lead poisoning -- Duties of secretary -- Authorization of local regulations and programs.
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211.901 Statewide program for prevention, screening, diagnosis, and
treatment of lead poisoning -- Duties of secretary -- Authorization of local
regulations and programs.
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The secretary shall establish a statewide program for the prevention,
screening, diagnosis, and treatment of lead poisoning, including identification
of the sources of such poisoning through such research, educational,
epidemiological, and clinical activities as may be necessary.
The secretary shall also initiate activities which:
(a) Will either provide for or support the monitoring of all medical
laboratories, private and public hospitals which perform lead
determination tests on human blood or other tissues, so as to insure the
accuracy of such tests;
(b) Will develop or encourage the development of appropriate programs and
studies to identify sources of lead intoxication and assist other entities in
the identification of lead in children's blood and the sources of that
intoxication; and
(c) Will provide for or support the development of outreach programs to
identify, screen, and diagnose for elevated lead blood levels, at-risk
persons not otherwise utilizing existing screening and diagnostic
programs.
The secretary may contract with any agencies, individuals, or groups for the
provision of services necessary to administer KRS 211.900 to 211.905 and
KRS 211.994.
The secretary may provide financial and technical assistance and consultation
to local, county, or district governmental or private agencies for the promotion,
establishment and maintenance of lead poisoning prevention, screening,
diagnostic, and treatment programs.
The secretary shall have the power to adopt, amend, or rescind such rules and
regulations as deemed necessary or suitable for the proper administration of
KRS 211.900 to 211.905 and KRS 211.994. The regulation shall include, but
not be limited to, those which govern permissible limits of lead-based hazards
in and about dwellings and dwelling units.
Local boards of health may, by the adoption of local regulations, establish
programs for the prevention, screening, diagnosis, and treatment of lead
poisoning; provided that such regulations are the same as the provisions of
KRS 211.900 to 211.905 and KRS 211.994 and the regulations promulgated by
the secretary pursuant to subsection (5) of this section.
Effective:July 12, 2006
History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 180, sec. 3, effective July 12, 2006. -Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 21, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1984. -- Created 1974
Ky. Acts ch. 20, sec. 2, effective June 21, 1974.
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