{"id":9838,"date":"2025-03-01T14:01:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T19:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/hhlppmedical-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-02T00:38:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T05:38:20","slug":"hhlppmedical","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/hsp\/hhlppmedical\/","title":{"rendered":"hsp\/hhlppmedical ~  Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Prevention &#8211; Lead Information for Medical Providers  &#8211; Delaware Health and Social Services &#8211; State of Delaware"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-swiftype-index=\"true\">\n\n\n\n\n\n  <br>\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n  <div class=\"container\" id=\"main_header\">\n\n\n    \n\n\n\n\n\n <!-- BEGIN readspeaker div -->\n\n\n    <div class=\"rs_skip rsbtn rs_preserve\" id=\"readspeaker_button1\">\n\n\n      <a accesskey=\"L\" class=\"rsbtn_play\" href=\"https:\/\/app-na.readspeaker.com\/cgi-bin\/rsent?customerid=7262&#038;lang=en_us&#038;readid=main_content&#038;url=https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/hsp\/hhlppmedical.html\" title=\"Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker\">\n\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_left rsimg rspart\"><span class=\"rsbtn_text\"><span>Listen<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_right rsimg rsplay rspart\"><\/span>\n\n\n      <\/a>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <!-- END readspeaker div -->\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n\n\n    <header class=\"pull-left\">\n\n\n      <h1><!--[type=EDIT name=\"Page Title\"]-->Lead Information &#8211; 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Lead is a neurotoxin, causing permanent and irreversible damage to the human body. There are no safe blood lead levels in children. Only a blood lead test can tell if a child has been exposed to lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n   <p>Delaware law requires ALL Delaware healthcare providers make sure their patients who are children receive a blood lead test (either capillary or venous test) at 12 months of age and again at 24 months of age. The national standard for an elevated blood lead level test result is now \u2265 3.5 \u00b5g\/dl. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had previously defined an elevated blood lead level as \u2265 5.0 \u00b5g\/dl. Children with elevated test results require additional testing and follow-up to decrease further exposure and limit damage to the long-term health of the child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n   <ul>\n\n\n\n    <li>Regulations\n\n\n\n    <ul>\n\n\n\n     <li><a href=\"http:\/\/regulations.delaware.gov\/AdminCode\/title16\/Department%20of%20Health%20and%20Social%20Services\/Division%20of%20Public%20Health\/Health%20Systems%20Protection%20(HSP)\/4459.shtml\">Lead-Based Paint Hazard Regulations<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n     <li><a class=\"anchors_link\" href=\"http:\/\/delcode.delaware.gov\/title16\/c026\/index.shtml#TopOfPage\">Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Act<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n     <li><a href=\"https:\/\/delcode.delaware.gov\/title16\/c026\/index.html#2606.\">Lead Screening<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n    <\/ul>\n\n\n\n    <\/li>\n\n\n\n    <li>Forms\n\n\n\n    <ul>\n\n\n\n     <li><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/dph\/pdf\/olpprelexempt.pdf\">Religious Belief Exemption Letter<\/a> [ <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/dph\/pdf\/olpprelexemptsp.pdf\">Declaracion Jurada Sobre Creencias Religiosas<\/a> ]<\/li>\n\n\n\n    <\/ul>\n\n\n\n    <\/li>\n\n\n\n   <\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n   <p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n   <p>For more information, please contact the <a class=\"anchors_link\" href=\"\/dph\/contact.html#lead\">Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Prevention Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n   <br>\n\n\n\n   <br>\n\n\n\n   <p class=\"smalltext\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/products\/acrobat\/readstep2.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Download Adobe Acrobat Reader\" height=\"21\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/dhss\/img\/getacro60.gif\" width=\"60\"><\/a> Please note: Some of the files available on this page are in Adobe PDF format which requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.  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