Code of Maine Rules
10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
144 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - GENERAL
Chapter 709 - CRITICAL CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS SCREENING
- Section 144-709-1.0 - PURPOSE
- Section 144-709-2.0 - DEFINITIONS
- Section 144-709-3.0 - RESPONSIBILITY FOR CCHD SCREENING FOR INFANTS BORN IN HOSPITALS OR BIRTHING CENTERS IN MAINE
- Section 144-709-4.0 - REPORTING
- Section 144-709-5.0 - RESPONSIBILITY FOR CCHD SCREENING FOR INFANTS BORN IN MAINE BUT NOT IN A HOSPITAL OR BIRTHING CENTER
- Section 144-709-6.0 - RESPONSIBILITY FOR CCHD SCREENING FOR INFANTS NOT BORN IN MAINE
- Section 144-709-7.0 - RESPONSIBILITY OF THOSE PROVIDING PEDIATRIC SERVICES
- Section 144-709-8.0 - TIMING OF CCHD SCREENING
- Section 144-709-9.0 - SCREENING TEST PERFORMED
- Section 144-709-10.0 - PARENTAL REFUSAL OF THE SCREENING TESTS
- Section 144-709-11.0 - FOLLOW-UP
- Section 144-709-12.0 - REFFERAL
- Section 144-709-13.0 - PROGRAM'S RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN CONFIDENTIALITY OF ALL DATA
SUMMARY: These rules and regulations define the responsibilities of hospital administration and staff, physicians and other health care providers, midwives and other "principal birthing attendants," and others, with regard to the screening of newborn infants for critical congenital heart defects which if left untreated could cause critical incidents or death. These rules and regulations address the designation of a contact person in each hospital, timing and method of CCHD screening, parental refusal of tests, types of records to be maintained, responsibilities for follow-up and reporting of data collection.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: 22 MRSA §§42 , 1532 and 1533
