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Title 22, §1532: Detection of serious conditions
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Ch. 261-A Contents
§1531§1533
Part 3: PUBLIC HEALTH HEADING: PL 1989, C. 487, §11 (RPR)
Chapter 261-A: PREVENTION OF HANDICAPPING CONDITIONS
§1532. Detection of serious conditions
The department shall require hospitals, birthing centers and other birthing services to test newborn infants, or to cause them to be tested, by means of blood spot screening for the presence of treatable congenital, genetic or metabolic conditions that may be expected to result in subsequent cognitive disabilities, serious illness or death. The department shall adopt rules to define this requirement and the approved testing methods, materials, procedure and
testing sequences. Reports and records of those making these tests may be required to be submitted to the department in accordance
with departmental rules. The department may, on request, offer consultation, training and evaluation services to those testing
facilities. The department shall adopt rules according to which it shall in a timely fashion refer newborn infants with confirmed
treatable congenital, genetic or metabolic conditions to the Child Development Services System as defined in Title 20-A, section 7001, subsection 1-A. The department shall also
adopt rules according to which it shall in a timely fashion refer a newborn infant to the Child Development Services System
if at least 6 months have passed since an initial positive test result of a treatable congenital, genetic or metabolic condition without the specific nature of the condition having been confirmed. The department and the Department of Education shall execute an interagency agreement to facilitate
all referrals in this section. In accordance with the interagency agreement, the Department of Education shall offer a single
point of contact for the Department of Health and Human Services to use in making referrals. Also in accordance with the
interagency agreement, the Child Development Services System may make direct contact with the families who are referred. The referrals may take place electronically. For purposes of quality assurance and improvement, the Child Development Services
System shall supply to the department aggregate data at least annually on the number of children referred to the Child Development
Services System under this section who are found eligible for early intervention services and on the number of children found
not eligible for early intervention services. In addition, the department shall supply data at least annually to the Child
Development Services System on how many children in the newborn blood spot screening program as established by rule of the department under section 1533, subsection 2, paragraph G were screened and how many were found to have a disorder. The requirement in this section that a newborn infant be tested for the presence of treatable congenital, genetic or metabolic conditions that may be expected to result in subsequent cognitive disability does not apply to a child if the parents of that child
object on the grounds that the test conflicts with their religious tenets and practices. [2009, c. 514, §2 (AMD).]
1983, c. 848, §2 (NEW). 2007, c. 450, Pt. A, §7 (AMD). 2009, c. 514, §2 (AMD). Data for this page extracted on 10/16/2012 08:28:12. The Revisor's Office cannot provide legal advice or