Texas Administrative Code
Title 25 - HEALTH SERVICES
Part 1 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES
Chapter 37 - MATERNAL AND INFANT HEALTH SERVICES
Subchapter E - NEWBORN SCREENING FOR CRITICAL CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
Section 37.75 - Purpose

This subchapter implements Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter 33, administered by the Department of State Health Services (department), associated with conducting point-of-care newborn screening for critical congenital heart disease (CCHD). Newborns delivered in the state must be screened at a birthing facility for CCHD as described in this subchapter. This subchapter also defines the test procedures and standards required by the department for each screening test and details reporting and record keeping requirements on confirmed cases.