Sec. 161.101. TESTS FOR EXPOSURE TO LEAD. (a) At the request of an attending physician, the department shall conduct tests for lead poisoning if the physician suspects that a person has been exposed to lead and that the person may have been harmed by that exposure.

(b) The department shall charge only for the cost to the department of conducting the test.

(c) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules to implement this section.

Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 695, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 26, 1991.

Amended by:

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0472, eff. April 2, 2015.