Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 48 - PUBLIC HEALTH-GENERAL
Part V - Preventive Health Services
Subpart 55 - Birth Defects Surveillance System
Chapter 163 - Program Procedures
Section V-16303 - Reporting Requirements
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. The office shall determine the health care facilities and providers which shall be required to report all birth defects, the types of conditions or defects that shall be reported, the type of information that shall be contained in the confidential report and the method for making the report.
B. To ensure an accurate source of data necessary to investigate the incidence, prevalence, and trends of birth defects, a reporting source shall make available to the program staff, office staff, or authorized agent medical records or other information upon request that relates to the occurrence of a birth defect.
C. The department secretary may require, in lieu of active case finding, reporting sources identifying and diagnosing birth defects to report the birth defects to the program within 30 days of diagnosis.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 40.31.48.