Illinois Administrative Code
Title 77 - PUBLIC HEALTH
Part 662 - EARLY HEARING DETECTION AND INTERVENTION CODE
Section 662.40 - Reporting and Tracking
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a) Hospitals shall report screening results to the Illinois Department of Public Health.
b) IDPH will maintain a registry of infants in need of follow-up as a result of the newborn hearing screening program. The registry will include all infants who did not pass the newborn hearing screening in the hospital and who did not file a written religious exemption.
c) IDPH will notify the infant's primary care physician, as indicated to IDPH by the hospital. IDPH will provide written notification to both the infant's physician named on the hospital record and the parents/guardians, within 5 business days after the receipt of the hospital report, regarding the need for follow-up for infants not passing the screening.
d) Persons who conduct any procedure necessary to complete an infant's hearing screening or diagnostic follow-up shall report this information to IDPH. Diagnostic follow-up results shall be reported to IDPH within 30 days after testing.
e) When hearing loss is confirmed, IDPH will make referrals to the Early Intervention Program, to Hearing and Vision Connections, to DSCC, and to the MCH Family Case Management Agency.
f) IDPH will notify the appropriate MCH Family Case Management Agency or local health department, in writing, of infants with no reported diagnostic testing 60 days after the initial hospital report regarding any non-bilateral pass test result.
g) The local MCH Family Case Management Agency or local health department will provide appropriate follow-up services and report results to IDPH.