Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health
Part 4 - Office of Health Services
Subpart 1 - Bureau of Genetics
Chapter 1 - NEWBORN SCREENING AND BIRTH DEFECTS REGISTRY
Subchapter 1 - AUTHORITY
Rule 15-4-1-1.1.2 - Legal Requirements
Current through March 31, 2025
1. Under the statutory authority, conditions listed on the RUSP will be included in the comprehensive newborn screening program within three (3) years after being added to the RUSP and adopt any rules and regulations necessary to accomplish the program.
2. Under the statutory authority, a list of each of the conditions included in the comprehensive newborn screening program and made available to physicians and other health care providers who are required to provide for newborn screening testing under Section 41-21-203.
3. Under the statutory authority, informational materials about newborn screening tests will be available for use by physicians and other health care providers to inform pregnant women and parents.
4. Under the statutory authority, ongoing epidemiologic surveillance of the comprehensive newborn screening program will be used determine the efficacy and cost effectiveness of screening newborn infants.
5. Under the statutory authority, the physician attending a newborn child, or the persons attending a newborn child who was not attended by a physician, is held responsible for ensuring that the child is tested for the newborn screening tests as described in these rules and regulations. State law exempts from these tests any child whose parents object thereto on the grounds that such tests conflict with their religious practices or tenets.
6. Under the statutory authority, screening for congenital hypothyroidism (TSH), phenylketonuria (PKU), hemoglobinopathies (Hgb), congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), and galactosemia (GAL) will be conducted statewide. Screening for the following conditions, as determined and specified by the State Board of Health, will also be conducted:
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-21-201