A birthing facility representative, physician, or other health care provider or, in the case when a birth occurs outside a birthing facility, the individual required to prepare and file the certificate of birth, shall send newborn screening blood-spot specimens only to the Department’s public health laboratory for the performance of newborn screening, as set forth in COMAR 10.10.13.14B. The individual responsible for collecting and submitting a blood-spot specimen for a newborn screening test shall ensure that blood-spot specimens are forwarded by courier to the Department’s public health laboratory within 24 hours after collection.