The purpose of this proposed rulemaking is to promulgate rules that establishing the means for which and intervals at which children less than 72 months of age should receive a blood-lead screen, pursuant to the requirements of Section 381.985, FS. The effect of proposed Rule 64E-27.001, F.A.C., will be to provide guidelines aiding in the assurance that at- risk children receive a blood-lead test, and that each child with an elevated blood-lead level receives the necessary standard of care to help reduce his or her blood-lead burden.