North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 43 - PERSONAL HEALTH
Subchapter H - SICKLE CELL SYNDROME: GENETIC COUNSELING: CHILDREN AND YOUTH SECTION
Section .0300 - GENETIC HEALTH CARE
Section 43H .0314 - SUBMISSION OF BLOOD SPECIMENS FOR SCREENING OF NEWBORNS

Universal Citation: 10A NC Admin Code 43H .0314

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024

(a) The attending physician shall collect or ensure the collection of a blood specimen for each infant born in North Carolina and shall submit such specimens to the North Carolina State Laboratory of Public Health for testing as set forth in 10A NCAC 42B .0102.

(b) Notwithstanding Paragraph (a) of this Rule, parents or guardians may object to screening in accordance with G.S. 130A-125(b).

(c) The hearing screening component of the Department's Newborn Screening Program is found in 10A NCAC 43F .1200.

Authority G.S. 130A-125;
Eff. April 1, 1992;
Transferred and Recodified from 15A NCAC 21E .0501 Eff. February 10, 1993;
Amended Eff. April 1, 1994;
Temporary Amendment Eff. October 1, 1999;
Amended Eff. August 1, 2000;
Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. December 6, 2016;
Amended Eff. January 1, 2021.

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