Texas Administrative Code
Title 25 - HEALTH SERVICES
Part 1 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES
Chapter 37 - MATERNAL AND INFANT HEALTH SERVICES
Subchapter S - NEWBORN HEARING SCREENING
Section 37.502 - 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:
(2) Consent--Permission related to the release of individually identifying information that may be disclosed to the department or resource center.
(3) Consent form (form)--A form that contains required language prescribed by the department found at https://www.dshs.texas.gov/tehdi to capture consent, as defined in this subchapter.
(4) Department--The Department of State Health Services.
(5) ECI--Early Childhood Intervention. The early intervention services described in Part C Early Childhood Intervention, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 United States Code §§ 1431-1443.
(6) Follow-up care--Additional screening, diagnostic audiological evaluation, or intervention services to include medical and therapeutic treatment services for newborns or infants who do not pass the initial hearing screening.
(7) Healthcare provider--Any licensed professional along the hearing continuum, including:
(8) Hearing loss--A hearing threshold greater than 15 dB hearing level in the frequency region important for speech recognition and comprehension in one or both ears that is confirmed by a diagnostic audiological evaluation.
(9) Hearing screening--The initial physiologic measurement of hearing to identify an increased risk for hearing loss before birthing facility discharge.
(10) Individually identifying information--Confidential information that identifies the parent or newborn.
(11) Infant--A child who is at least 30 days old but who is younger than 24 months old.
(12) Newborn--A child younger than 30 days old.
(13) Parent--A natural parent, stepparent, adoptive parent, legal guardian, or other legal custodian of a child.
(14) Protocols--Guidelines or procedures based on the latest Joint Committee on Infant Hearing position statement, found at http://www.jcih.org/posstatemts.htm, as updated, used by programs to conduct newborn hearing screening.
(15) Resource center--Primary statewide resource center as defined by Texas Education Code § 30.051.
(16) TEHDI MIS--Texas Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Management Information System. The department's central information source of results and referrals related to newborn hearing screens, audiological evaluations, and any type of intervention for newborns or infants.
