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Getting started in New York
New York has different requirements, depending on provider type. Click on the appropriate box for specific instructions and resources.
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Private Physician Practice
Individual practitioners or group private practices that conduct in-house laboratory testing on their own patients |
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Limited Laboratory
Facilities that are NOT private practices (e.g., off-site clinics) that conduct point-of-care testing using only CLIA-waived procedures (with or without provider-performed microscopy) |
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Clinical Laboratory
All other facilities that offer laboratory testing, holding a permit issued by the NYSDOH Clinical Laboratory Evaluation Program (CLEP) in the category of Toxicology – Blood Lead. |
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Who must be tested?
The New York State Public Health Law requires all healthcare providers to test:
- All children – two times, at 12 & 24 months
- Pregnant women & children between the ages of six months & six years deemed to be at risk of lead poisoning
The New York State Public Health Law requires all health care providers to test all children for blood lead levels at age 1 and again at age 2. In addition, health care providers are also required to evaluate all children 6 months to 6 years of age each year, as well as women who are pregnant, for risk of lead exposure as part of routine care. Health care providers also are required to test those children and pregnant women found to be at risk for lead exposure. Federal requirements for children on Medicaid also require blood lead testing of all children ages one and two years old, and for three to six year olds who previously have not been tested for lead.
More details
Reimbursement & state initiatives
- Medicaid to reimburse for LeadCare II tests starting September 1, 2009
- Lead regulations updated to facilitate point-of-care testing
On June 27, 2009, New York Governor David A. Paterson announced that starting September 1, 2009, the New York Medicaid program would start reimbursing physician offices and clinics for conducting onsite lead testing in children and pregnant women using LeadCare II. Earlier that month, Governor Paterson issued Executive Order 21 establishing the governor's task force on the prevention of childhood lead poisoning. In addition, the New York Department of Health revised its regulations to facilitate point-of-care testing with LeadCare II and to require comprehensive follow-up environmental interventions for children are triggered when a child has a blood lead level of 15 micrograms per deciliter (μg/dL) or higher, instead of the previous level of 20 μg/dL.
More details Download important information for New York providers:
Contact information
Lead Testing and Prevention
For information about lead testing and prevention of childhood lead poisoning contact the NYSDOH Lead Poisoning Prevention Program at
(518) 402-5706, or visit the DOH Web site at:
www.nyhealth.gov/environmental/lead.
Medicaid Reimbursement
For information on Medicaid reimbursement for lead testing,
contact (518) 473-2160. For information on lead testing for Medicaid managed care and FHPlus enrollees,
contact (518) 473-0122.
eMedNY
A wide variety of links to information that is helpful for providers in New York State, including enrollment forms/CLIA information, can be
found at http://www.emedny.org/ To purchase a LeadCare II system, call (800) 305.0197
To request details on the LeadCare II
test:
Doctors click here
Public health click here
