442.590 - Written brochures: Creation by Health Division; required contents; distribution.

442.590  Written brochures: Creation by Health Division; required contents; distribution.

      1.  The Health Division shall create written brochures that use terms which are easily understandable to a parent or legal guardian of a newborn child and include, without limitation:

      (a) Information concerning the importance of screening the hearing of a newborn child; and

      (b) A description of the normal development of auditory processes, speech and language in children.

      2.  The Health Division shall provide the brochures created pursuant to subsection 1 to each licensed hospital and each licensed obstetric center in this state. These facilities shall provide the brochures to the parents or legal guardians of a newborn child.

      (Added to NRS by 2001, 2462)