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 37.77 - Exemption from Screen
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
The newborn screening test for CCHD referenced in § 37.78 of this title (relating to Test Procedures and Standards) is not required for a newborn under the following conditions:
(1) the parent declines the screening;
(2) the newborn is transferred to another facility before the screening test is performed;
(3) the screening test has previously been completed after birth;
(4) the newborn is discharged from the birthing facility not more than 10 hours after birth and a referral for the newborn was made to another birthing facility, physician, or health care provider;
(5) the newborn has previously been diagnosed with CCHD; or
(6) the newborn has had a post-natal echocardiogram.
