Lead Poisoning Testing and Prevention
Executive Summary - Calendar Year 2005
Ohio Medicaid is committed to Ohio children's safety and health. We invite you to take an in-depth look at the information on this page. It will provide you with needed information and resources. Ohio Medicaid's goal is to improve lead testing rates for Medicaid-eligible children. Below you will find information that you need as a provider to better serve the Medicaid child population in regards to lead testing.
Guidelines for Medicaid Lead Testing: All 12- and 24-month-old Medicaid-eligible children must have a blood lead screening test (regardless of ZIP code or exposure to lead), as stated in the Ohio Administrative Code Rule 5101:3-14-03. Please click on the above link for more information.
The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) - Lead Poisoning Prevention Program: ODH has a Web site dedicated to their lead poisoning prevention program which contains information that is available to order, as well as data, statistics, general guidelines for all children, approved clinical laboratories, and more. Below are links to some of their pages.
Local area Lead Poisoning Prevention Programs: Regional Resource Centers located around the state and serving local county Lead Poisoning Prevention Programs are a source of information for local providers.
Forming a Local Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Workgroup: Best Practices for Successful Implementation - The Ohio Lead Advisory Council has developed this resource to assist local entities in creating a lead poisoning prevention workgroup or adding lead poisoning prevention to an existing child health agenda. The document provides tips on forming a lead poisoning prevention workgroup, involving local partners and identifying strategies to create a successful child health initiative.
ODH Blood Lead Analysis Reporting Requirements: For the purposes of meeting the blood lead analysis reporting requirements of this rule and the requirements in rule 3701-32-14 of the Administrative Code (blood lead analysis reporting on all residents of the state), Any provider ordering a lead test be completed must report all of the required information as described below in sections one through nine to the clinical laboratory that performs the analysis to detect or determine levels of lead, cadmium, mercury, or arsenic. The analytical laboratory is then required to forward this information in addition to the information required in sections ten and eleven to the Ohio Department of Health's Childhood Lead poisoning Prevention Program within seven days of analysis.
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Lead poisoning prevention information for consumers