Ohio Administrative Code
Title 3701 - Department of Health - Administration and Director
Chapter 3701-54 - Critical Congenital Heart Disease
Section 3701-54-02 - Required screening; facility requirements
Universal Citation: OH Admin Code 3701-54-02
Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) Each newborn or infant shall be screened before discharge, in accordance with procedures set forth in this chapter for the presence of critical congenital heart disease, unless the newborn or infant has had a pediatric echocardiogram or is being discharged home on oxygen.
(B) All hospitals, freestanding birthing centers, and newborn care nurseries that are required by this chapter to conduct critical congenital heart disease screening shall:
(1) Designate a CCHD newborn screening
coordinator responsible for the coordination, implementation and follow-up
procedures for the facility's CCHD screening; and
(2)
Notify the Ohio department of health,
children
and specialty health section of the name and
contact information of the individual designated as the CCHD newborn
screening coordinator whenever the designated individual changes.
(3) Prior to conducting the critical
congenital heart disease screening, the person designated in the applicable
provision of this rule shall oversee or ensure that each newborn or infant's
parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian, is given notice of the screening to
be conducted.
(a) When a birth occurs in a
hospital, the hospital shall provide the information; or
(b)
When a birth occurs in a freestanding birth center, the freestanding birthing
center shall provide the information.
(4) Conduct the critical congenital heart
disease screening in accordance with specifications in rule
3701-54-03 of the Administrative
Code.
(5) Communicate the results
of the critical
congenital heart disease screening to the
newborn's or infant's parent, guardian, or custodian, and attending
physician.
(6) Report the results
of the newborn's or infant's critical congenital heart disease screening to the
Ohio department of health through the vital statistics electronic birth
certificate system or an alternative electronic system
approved by the director.
(7)
Refer newborns or infants that receive abnormal screening results to providers
for appropriate pediatric follow-up services.
(8)
If a newborn is transferred to another hospital before
screening can take place, the receiving hospital shall conduct the screening
when it is determined to be medically appropriate.
(9)
Hospitals without
access to the Ohio department of health vital statistics electronic birth
certificate system or an alternative electronic system approved by the director
shall report screening results to the Ohio department of health on a form
provided by the department.
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