Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 48 - PUBLIC HEALTH-GENERAL
Part V - Preventive Health Services
Subpart 7 - Maternal and Child Health Services
Chapter 22 - Identification of Hearing Impairment in Infants
Section V-2207 - Procedures for Other (Alternative) Birthing Sites

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code V-2207

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

A. When the infant is born outside the hospital, the person filling out the birth certificate shall complete the newborn hearing screening report.

B. Hearing screening shall be performed at the alternative birthing site before discharge. The results of the screening shall be recorded on the newborn hearing screening report.

C. The person completing the newborn hearing screening report shall disseminate the copies to the parent, primary health care provider, and the office (within 14 calendar days).

D. Referrals for infants failing the alternative birthing site screening process must be made within seven days of discharge to the infant's primary health care provider and a licensed audiologist.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 46:2261-2267.

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