New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
He - Department of Health and Human Services
Subtitle He-P - Former Division of Public Health Services
Chapter He-P 3000 - MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH
Part He-P 3008 - NEWBORN DRIED BLOOD SPOT SCREENING, CRITICAL CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE SCREENING AND NEWBORN HEARING SCREENING
Section He-P 3008.20 - Quality Assurance

Universal Citation: NH Admin Rules He-P 3008.20

Current through Register No. 40, October 3, 2024

(a) Birth facilities shall allow periodic reviews of their newborn screening, CCHD, and newborn hearing screening activities by department staff for quality assurance purposes.

(b) Reviews shall include, but not be limited to:

(1) The review of policies and procedures regarding newborn screening, CCHD, newborn hearing screening, and diagnostic hearing evaluation;

(2) Interviews with staff performing any aspect of newborn screening, CCHD, and newborn hearing screening; and

(3) The on-site review of medical records.

(1) Information regarding acceptable procedures for the collection, handling, short-term storage, and transport of a DBS;

(2) Information regarding newborn screening that shall be given to and reviewed with the parent or guardian of each infant prior to testing; and

(3) Text to be used in statements of dissent for refusal of newborn screening described in He-P 3008.04(c).

(d) The NSP and the EHDI program shall compare the data sets of infants screened with New Hampshire birth certificate files, in order to ensure that every infant born in New Hampshire is screened, or had the opportunity to be screened, for hearing, CCHD, and for those conditions that are determined by DBS testing.

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