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SEC. 19-83.3.   REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
   (a)   Every licensed physician, hospital, or free standing medical laboratory in the city shall report to the director any environmentally related health condition as defined in Section 19-83.2, which is detected in the course of regular medical practice or laboratory testing. The report shall be in a manner similar to state health reporting of certain infectious diseases and shall:
      (1)   be in writing and signed by the reporting party;
      (2)   be made within 15 calendar days after the result of testing is received by the physician or hospital, or in the case of a medical laboratory, after the test is performed;
      (3)   state the name, age and address of the person having the condition; and
      (4)   state the precise test results.
   (b)   Reporting of elevated free erythrocyte protoporphyrin is not required if additional testing shows that the porphyria is the result of either an iron deficiency or other proven cause. (Ord. 18193)