ALL MEDICAID ENROLLED CHILDREN ARE REQUIRED TO BE TESTED AT 1 AND 2 YEARS OF AGE
To determine risk for other children, please use the chart below. Blood lead levels shall be obtained in children at ages 1 and 2 if they meet ANY one of the criteria noted below. In addition, children ages 3-5 years of age who have not previously been tested, and moved to a new address in a high-risk area, or meet ANY one of the criteria below shall also be tested.
OTHER RISK FACTORS FOR CHILDREN
- Eligible for or receiving WIC benefits? Medicaid eligible and not tested at both 1 and 2 years of age?
- Living in a ZIP Code determined to be high-risk based on age of housing and other factors
- Living in or regularly visiting a house or day care center built before 1950?
- Living in or regularly visiting a house built before 1978 with peeling or chipping paint or recent (within the last 6 months), ongoing or planned renovation?
- Living with or regularly visiting a sibling, housemate or playmate with lead poisoning?
- Living with an adult whose job or hobby involves exposure to lead?
- Living near an active lead smelter, battery recycling plant, or other industry likely to release lead?
- Recent refugee, immigrant, or child adopted from outside of the U.S.
Additional Resources
CDC Childhood Lead Poisoning Tracking Network
CDC Lead Homepage
CDC: Lead in waterlines
Fact Sheet for Parents
Protect Your Family
Recall Resources
U.S. Government
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
