Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 48 - PUBLIC HEALTH-GENERAL
Part V - Preventive Health Services
Subpart 55 - Birth Defects Surveillance System
Chapter 161 - General Provisions
Section V-16101 - Definitions

Advisory Board-the nine-member advisory board of the program.

Birth Defect-an abnormality of structure, function or metabolism that develops during prenatal, perinatal or early postnatal life that is diagnosed before a child reaches 3 years of age.

Case Finding-the process used to identify potential birth defects cases for inclusion into the central registry or central database of the Louisiana Birth Defects Monitoring Network.

CSHS-the Children's Special Health Services Program within the Office of Public Health.

Confidential Information-information collected through the Louisiana Birth Defects Monitoring Network that is private and protected under state and federal laws.

Director-the program director for the Louisiana Birth Defects Monitoring Network.

Department-the Department of Health and Hospitals.

LBDMN-the Louisiana Birth Defects Monitoring Network, which the office will establish to collect information about children with birth defects. The LBDMN is established to carry out the directives of the Louisiana Birth Defects Surveillance System, which was created under Louisiana Revised Statutes 40.31.41-31.48.

Office-the Office of Public Health within the Department of Health and Hospitals.

Registry-the centralized database where data collected through the LBDMN is housed.

Reporting Source-any physician, nurse or allied health professional, hospital, laboratory, and any other facility or agent directly or indirectly responsible for providing medical services to an individual affected by a birth defect.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 40.31.48.