Pennsylvania Code
Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY
Part III - Prevention of Diseases
Chapter 28 - SCREENING AND FOLLOW-UP FOR DISEASES OF THE NEWBORN
SPECIMEN COLLECTION AND FOLLOW-UP
Section 28.23 - Timing of initial specimen collection by health care practitioners

A health care practitioner who delivers a newborn child other than in a birth center or hospital shall collect or cause to be collected the initial specimen from the newborn child, regardless of feeding history or medical condition, as close to 48 hours as possible but not later than 72 hours of age.

The provisions of this §28.23 amended under section 16(a) of the Disease Control and Prevention Act of 1955 (35 P. S. § 521.16(a)); sections 2102(g) and 2111(b) of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. §§ 532(g) and 541(b)); and sections 3 and 5 of the Newborn Child Testing Act (35 P. S. §§ 623 and 625).

This section cited in 28 Pa. Code § 501.49 (relating to newborn infant care policies and procedures).