Public Act 90-0182 of the 90th General Assembly
Public Act 90-0182
SB247 Enrolled LRB9000263SMdvB
AN ACT to amend the Lead Poisoning Prevention Act by
changing Section 7.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Lead Poisoning Prevention Act is amended
by changing Section 7 as follows:
(410 ILCS 45/7) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1307)
Sec. 7. Reports of lead poisoning required. Every
physician who diagnoses, or a nurse, hospital administrator
or public health officer who has verified information of the
existence of any person found or suspected to have a level of
lead in the blood in excess of the permissible limits set
forth in regulations adopted promulgated by the Department,
within 48 hours of receipt of verification, shall report to
the Department the name, address, laboratory results, date of
birth, and any other information about the person deemed
essential by the Department. Directors of clinical
laboratories must report to the Department, within 48 hours
of receipt of verification, positive the results of all blood
lead analyses performed in their facility. The information
included in the clinical laboratories report shall include,
but not be limited to, the child's name, address, date of
birth, name of physician ordering analysis, and specimen
type. All negative results must be reported to the Department
in accordance with rules adopted by the Department. These
rules shall not require reporting in less than 30 days after
the end of the month in which the negative results are
obtained. All reports shall be treated in the same manner as
information subject to the provisions of Part 21 of Article
VIII of the Code of Civil Procedure. Any physician, nurse,
hospital administrator, director of a clinical laboratory,
public health officer, or allied health professional making a
report in good faith shall be immune from any civil or
criminal liability that otherwise might be incurred from the
making of a report.
(Source: P.A. 89-381, eff. 8-18-95.)