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 37.76 - Definitions
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) Birthing facility--An inpatient or ambulatory health care facility that offers obstetrical or newborn care services. The term includes:
(2) Critical Congenital Heart Disease (CCHD)--An abnormality in the structure or function of the heart that exists at birth, that causes severe, life-threatening symptoms, and requires medical intervention within the first few hours, days, or months of life.
(3) Department--The Department of State Health Services or its successor.
(4) Echocardiogram--An ultrasound test that evaluates the structure and function of the heart.
(5) Health care practitioner--One of the following individuals who is currently licensed and in good standing as indicated:
(6) Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)--An intensive care unit specializing in the care of ill or premature newborn infants.
(7) Newborn--A child through 30 days of age.
(8) Physician--A person licensed to practice medicine by the Texas Medical Board pursuant to Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 151.
(9) Pulse Oximeter--A U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved instrument used to measure the percentage of hemoglobin in the blood that is saturated with oxygen in neonates.
(10) Screening algorithm--A standardized process and methodology used to conduct newborn screening for CCHD.
