Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 19 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES
Division 40 - Division of Maternal, Child and Family Health
Chapter 9 - Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Program
Section 19 CSR 40-9.040 - Information to be Reported to the Department of Health
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, March 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule establishes the information management, reporting and tracking system used by facilities, primary care providers, and audiologists to report newborn hearing screening data to the department. Timely reporting is necessary to assure the provision of early diagnostic and intervention services.
(1) Each facility, physician, or primary care provider shall report all newborn hearing screening results, including missed screenings, via either the department's web-based reporting system or manually on the department's newborn hearing reporting form. This newborn hearing reporting form shall be developed and made available by the department. The results shall be reported to the department within seven (7) calendar days of completion of the hearing screening.
(2) Each facility, or person designated to perform repeat hearing screenings, shall report information for tracking newborns who receive "refer" results or missed the birth admission hearing screening. The information shall be reported to the department via either the web-based reporting system or manually on the department's newborn hearing tracking form, within seven (7) calendar days of completion of the hearing screening.
(3) The facility or person designated to perform the missed hearing screening, the rescreening, and/or the diagnostic audiological assessment, shall notify the department if the scheduled appointment was not kept. This information shall be reported to the department via either the department's web-based reporting system or manually on the department's newborn hearing tracking form, within seven (7) calendar days of the date of discharge or scheduled appointment date.
(4) The audiologist shall report all diagnostic audiological assessment results to the department, via either the web-based reporting system or manually on the department's newborn hearing tracking form, within seven (7) calendar days of completion of the assessment.
(5) Each facility or primary care provider shall provide to the department, upon request, information from the newborn's medical record relevant to the newborn's hearing status.
(6) Each facility, physician, primary care provider, or audiologist shall document all parental refusals for newborn hearing screening, and report the refusal to the department via either the web-based reporting system or manually on the department's newborn hearing screening tracking form within seven (7) calendar days of refusal.
*Original authority: 191.937, RSMo 1999.
