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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 26.02.01.01" title_num="26" subtitle_num="02" chapter_num="01" heading="Definitions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Terms Defined.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>“Blood lead analysis” has the meaning stated in COMAR 10.11.04.02B.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“Blood lead level test” means to:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Draw a blood specimen, by either venous or capillary methodology, and:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Send the blood specimen to a medical laboratory for blood lead analysis; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Conduct a blood lead analysis at a health care provider's office subject to licensing, certification, and approval by the Laboratories Administration of the Maryland Department of Health; or</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Order a blood specimen to be drawn by a third-party health care provider, by either venous or capillary methodology, and send it to a medical laboratory for blood lead analysis.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>“Department” means the Maryland Department of the Environment.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>“Health care provider” has the meaning stated in COMAR 10.11.04.02B.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>“Laboratory” means a medical laboratory as defined in COMAR 10.10.01.03B.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>“Local health department” means the health department of the Maryland subdivision where the patient resides.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>“Parent or guardian” means an individual acting in a primary custodial capacity.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>“Reference level” means:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>5 micrograms per deciliter; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Beginning 1 year after the date that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revises the blood lead reference level until 1 year after a subsequent revision, the revised blood lead reference level as determined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>