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-2213 - Risk Registry and Tracking

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code V-2213

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

A. The office will maintain a risk registry to include information on all live births and infants identified as at risk for hearing loss.

B. The office will track at risk infants who fail or do not receive hearing screening prior to hospital discharge. Assistance will be provided for service referrals when necessary.

C. The office will track and notify parents of infants and children at risk for progressive hearing loss of appropriate procedures for follow-up testing and monitoring of their child's hearing until age five.

D. The office will develop a system for reporting diagnosis of hearing loss by primary health care providers, audiologists and parents for children up to age 5.

E. The office will disseminate statistical reports regarding the number of infants tested and the number with diagnosed hearing loss to the Louisiana Commission for the Deaf, the Louisiana School for the Deaf, the Department of Education and other interested parties on an annual basis.

F. Infants and children with diagnosed hearing loss shall be referred to appropriate agencies for rehabilitation and education services with parental/caregiver consent. For infants and toddlers up to age three with diagnosed hearing loss, referral to Childnet shall be made for early intervention services.

G. Non-Compliance and Penalties

1. The State Advisory Council shall recommend to the office methods of monitoring hospitals, physicians and audiologists for compliance with all sections of this statute.

2. The State Advisory Council shall report any hospital, physician or audiologist found to be non-compliant to the appropriate licensing, regulatory or other appropriate agency.

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

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