Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Health
Title R398 - Family Health, Children with Special Health Care Needs
Rule R398-2 - Newborn Hearing Screening: Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) Program
Section R398-2-4 - Responsibility for Screening

(1) Each institution shall designate a person to be responsible for the newborn hearing screening program in that institution.

(2) A state licensed audiologist shall oversee each newborn hearing screening program. This audiologist may be full or part time, on or off site, an employee of the institution, or under contract or other arrangement that allows them to oversee the newborn hearing screening program. The audiologist shall advise the institution about each aspect of the newborn hearing screening program, including screening, tracking, follow-up, and referral for diagnosis.

(3) The institution must provide inpatient newborn hearing screening services as required by this rule before discharge, unless the infant is transferred to another institution before screening is completed. For infants who need additional procedures to complete the screening process due to a missed test, inconclusive results, or a failure to pass, the institution shall provide outpatient screening.

(4) If the institution transfers the infant to another institution before screening is completed, the receiving institution must provide inpatient hearing screening services as required by this rule before discharge. For infants who need additional procedures to complete the screening process due to a missed test, inconclusive results, or a failure to pass, the institution shall provide outpatient screening.

(5) If the infant is born outside of an institution, the birth attendant must perform or arrange for the infant's hearing screening before ten days of age as required by this rule. This shall include follow-up screening as required after a fail result.

(6) If there is no birth attendant, a parent must have the infant's hearing screened, according to Department protocols, before the infant is ten days of age. This shall include follow-up screening as required after a fail result.

(7) A person who is appropriately trained and supervised, according to protocols as established by the Department with input from the Newborn Hearing Screening Committee, as described in Section 26B-1-432 shall perform the newborn hearing screening.