Regulation .11 Referral Procedures.
Regulation .11 Referral Procedures.LinkCopy Citation
The individual in charge of a birthing facility or the individual’s designated representative, or the home birth attendant shall:
A.
Develop collection and transport procedures to ensure against collecting and submitting unsatisfactory blood-spot specimens for each of the categories of newborn infant listed in §B of this regulation.
B.
Collect or otherwise have collected:
(1)
An additional blood-spot specimen before the newborn is 7 days old for newborn infants discharged before 24 hours of milk feeding in addition to the blood-spot specimen collected before discharge, as set forth in Regulation .07C(2) of this chapter.
(2)
The blood-spot specimen before the newborn is 7 days old if a newborn infant is discharged from a birthing facility before a newborn screening blood-spot specimen is collected.
(3)
An additional blood-spot specimen within 7 days after notification if the laboratory reports to a birthing facility or a home birth attendant that the initial blood-spot specimen was unsatisfactory.
(4)
A blood-spot specimen to be tested for hemoglobins, biotinidase, and galastose -1 phosphate uridyl transferase (GALT) only, four months after the last transfusion if the initial blood-spot specimen was not collected until after the infant was transfused.