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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="19-308.5" title_number="19" title_name="Health Care Facilities" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Hospitals and Related Institutions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Each hospital that provides obstetrical services shall establish a universal newborn hearing screening program to ensure that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>All newborns born in the hospital are screened for hearing loss before discharge; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The results are reported as required under § 13–605 of this article; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Before discharge and to the extent practicable, the hospital provides to the parent or legal guardian of a newborn identified as having a hearing loss under item (1)(i) of this subsection a list of resources available for parents of children with hearing loss, including:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Locations for subsequent testing; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Resources on language and communication mode options for communicating with their child.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The universal newborn hearing screening program established under this section shall consist of at least one of the following screening tests:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Auditory brain stem response;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Otoacoustic emissions; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Another appropriate screening test recommended by the Advisory Council and approved by the Secretary.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
