Section 511 IAC 4-2-2 - Lead poisoning testingAuthority: IC 20-19-2-8
Affected: IC 20-34-3-12
Sec. 2.
Lead Poisoning Test. Lead poisoning test methods shall include one or more of the following acceptable quantitative test procedures for screening or confirmatory purposes to determine the content of lead in blood, urine or other clinical specimen from human sources.
(a) The acceptable quantitative test procedures for the detection of blood lead shall include the following methods: dithizone, colorimetric, atomic absorption spectrophotometric, emission spectroscopic, anodic stripping voltametric, fluorimetric test for free erythrocyte porphyrins (indirect test for blood lead), or any other procedure shown to be accurate and reliable.(b) Also acceptable is the quantitative test on urine to measure elevated urinary ALA (delta-aminolevulnic acid) as an indirect test for lead poisoning or any other accurate and reliable test on urine, specimens of hair or other clinical specimen from human sources.Indiana State Board of Education; Rule H-1,Sec 1; filed Apr 10, 1974, 2:00 pm: Rules and Regs. 1975, p. 342; readopted filed Oct 12, 2001, 12:55 p.m.: 25 IR 937; readopted filed Nov 20, 2007, 11:36 a.m.: 20071219-IR-511070386RFA; readopted filed Dec 2, 2013, 3:26 p.m.: 20140101-IR-511130419RFAThis rule was promulgated jointly with the state board of health and also appears at 410 IAC 3-2.
NOTE: Transferred from the Commission on General Education ( 510 IAC 13-2-1) to the Indiana State Board of Education ( 511 IAC 4-2-2) by P.L. 20-1984, SECTION 206, effective July 1, 1984.