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216.2970 Auditory screening of infants at hospitals and birthing centers -- Forwarding of reports.

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Page 1 of 1 216.2970 Auditory screening of infants at hospitals and birthing centers -- Forwarding of reports. (1) As a condition of licensure or relicensure, all hospitals offering obstetric services and alternative birthing centers with at least forty (40) births per year shall provide <br>an auditory screening for all infants using one (1) of the methods approved by the <br>Commission for Children with Special Health Care Needs by administrative <br>regulation promulgated in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A. (2) An auditory screening report that indicates a finding of potential hearing loss shall be forwarded by the hospital or alternative birthing center within twenty-four (24) <br>hours of receipt to the: <br>(a) Attending physician or health care provider; <br>(b) Parents; <br>(c) Commission for Children with Special Health Care Needs for evaluation or referral for further evaluation in accordance with KRS 211.647; and (d) Audiological assessment and diagnostic center approved by the commission if a follow-up assessment has been scheduled prior to the infant's discharge from <br>the hospital. (3) An auditory screening report that does not indicate a potential hearing loss shall be forwarded within one (1) week to the Commission for Children with Special Health <br>Care Needs with no information that personally identifies the child. Effective: June 25, 2009 <br>History: Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 102, sec. 3, effective June 25, 2009. -- Created 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 308, sec. 11, effective July 14, 2000.