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 37.505 - Birthing Facility Screening Provider Responsibilities
Universal Citation: 25 TX Admin Code ยง 37.505
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) A birthing facility screening provider shall be a department-certified newborn hearing screening program. A provider that is not certified is required to refer the infant to a department-certified newborn hearing screening program.
(b) A birthing facility screening provider shall:
(1) perform the initial hearing
screening, or document why the screening was not performed, in accordance with
Texas Health and Safety Code §
47.003;
(2) provide screening results and educational
materials to the parents;
(3)
provide screening results to the applicable healthcare providers; and
(4) report results in accordance with §
37.504
of this subchapter (relating to Required Reporting).
(c) Infants who do not pass the initial hearing screening must be offered a follow-up screening or referral consistent with Joint Committee on Infant Hearing guidelines, found at http://www.jcih.org/posstatemts.htm, as updated.
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