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	CLIA Waiver & CA Registration	Reporting	Proficiency Testing	Reimbursement

Participate in proficiency testing - a requirement for accessing CHDP reimbursement

To access reimbursement through the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) Child Health and Disability Prevention (CHDP) program you must participate in a proficiency-testing program and be included on the list of proficient laboratories maintained by the California Blood Lead Proficiency Assurance Program (CBLPAP).

• Sign up for proficiency testing. Call 608.224.6252 to enroll in the Wisconsin State Lab of Hygiene's free proficiency-testing program (WSLH), or e-mail toxpt@mail.slh.wisc.edu. Let the WSLH know that you are participating in the California CHDP program.
• Sign up for the California Blood Lead Proficiency Assurance Program (CBLPAP)
  • Download and complete the application
  California Department of Health Services
  Environmental Health Laboratory Branch
  Lead Poisoning Prevention
  Unit 850 Marina Bay Parkway, MS G365/EHLB
  Richmond, CA 94804-6403
• The WSLH regulatory program ships out five samples for proficiency testing (PT) three times a year - January, May, and September. Once you have passed your first five-sample PT event, WSLH will notify CBLPAP. CBLPAP will provide you with a start date for testing blood-lead levels in CHDP clients AFTER your lab or office is rated proficient.

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