§ 130A-125. Screening of newborns for metabolic and other hereditary and congenital disorders.
§ 130A‑125. Screeningof newborns for metabolic and other hereditary and congenital disorders.
(a) The Departmentshall establish and administer a Newborn Screening Program. The program shallinclude, but shall not be limited to:
(1) Development anddistribution of educational materials regarding the availability and benefitsof newborn screening.
(2) Provision oflaboratory testing.
(3) Development offollow‑up protocols to assure early treatment for identified children,and the provision of genetic counseling and support services for the familiesof identified children.
(4) Provision ofnecessary dietary treatment products or medications for identified children asmedically indicated and when not otherwise available.
(5) For each newborn,provision of physiological screening in each ear for the presence of permanenthearing loss.
(b) The Commissionshall adopt rules necessary to implement the Newborn Screening Program. Therules shall include, but shall not be limited to, the conditions for whichscreening shall be required, provided that screening shall not be required whenthe parents or the guardian of the infant object to such screening. If theparents or guardian object to the screening, the objection shall be presentedin writing to the physician or other person responsible for administering thetest, who shall place the written objection in the infant's medical record.
(b1) The Commission forPublic Health shall adopt temporary and permanent rules to include newbornhearing screening in the Newborn Screening Program established under thissection.
(c) A fee of nineteendollars ($19.00) applies to a laboratory test performed by the State Laboratoryof Public Health pursuant to this section. The fee for a laboratory test is adepartmental receipt of the Department and shall be used to offset the cost ofthe Newborn Screening Program. (1991, c. 661, s. 1; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c.1039, s. 6; 1998‑131, s. 13; 2000‑67, s. 11.31(a); 2005‑276,s. 41.1(a); 2007‑182, s. 2; 2008‑107, s. 29.4(a).)