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     144.491 Commissioner's duties relating to lead 
  absorption. 


    The commissioner of health shall: 


    (1) provide coordination and advice to community programs 
 that test children for lead in their blood to assure that these 
 testing services are conducted in a safe and appropriate manner, 
 are targeted to children throughout the state at risk to lead 
 contamination or absorption, and generate data that may be 
 analyzed on a statewide basis; 


    (2) provide coordination and advice of local lead 
 absorption testing programs, to assure adequate skill and 
 efficiency, to the laboratories within the state that conduct 
 Erythrocyte Protoporphorin testing, confirmatory blood lead 
 testing, and testing of paint chips and other environmental lead 
 sources; 


    (3) provide public and professional education concerning 
 lead contamination or absorption and its health effects on 
 children; 


    (4) review state and local housing codes and advise the 
 governing bodies and administrative departments adopting or 
 administering the codes to insure that the hazard of absorption 
 and contamination from leaded paint is adequately addressed and 
 considered, and provide technical support for enforcement of the 
 codes by local health departments and local building inspection 
 departments; and 


    (5) study and determine the extent of exposure to lead in 
 drinking water caused by plumbing and develop recommendations 
 and techniques for reducing this exposure. 


    HIST: 1Sp1985 c 14 art 19 s 16

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