Or. Admin. R. 333-024-1025

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 8, August 1, 2024

Section 333-024-1025 - Newborn Screening: Persons Responsible for Ensuring that Second, Third and Repeat Specimens are Collected and Submitted

(1) The following, in order of priority, are responsible for ensuring that the second specimens, and when applicable, third or repeat specimens, are collected and submitted in accordance with this rule:

(a) A facility or practitioner responsible for the care of an infant at any time during the first six months of life.

(b) A parent or legal guardian.

(2) The persons described in section (1) of this rule must ensure that specimens are collected within the timeframes and in the manner described in OAR 333-024-1030 to 333-024-1040, and in accordance with the instructions provided by the Oregon State Public Health Laboratory available in the Oregon Newborn Bloodspot Screening Practitioner's Manual (Practitioner's Manual), 12th Edition; 2022 found at www.healthoregon.org/nbs, unless the infant is exempt pursuant to OAR 333-024-1050.

(3) A person who is responsible for collecting and submitting the second or third specimen must either obtain the remaining specimen card(s) from the person who collected and submitted the first specimen or obtain a single specimen card from the Oregon State Public Health Laboratory as described in OAR 333-024-1100.

Or. Admin. R. 333-024-1025

PH 283-2018, adopt filed 12/20/2018, effective 01/01/2019; PH 24-2019, amend filed 11/18/2019, effective 11/25/2019; PH 83-2022, amend filed 05/25/2022, effective 6/1/2022

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Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 413.014, 433.285 & 431A.750

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 433.285, 433.290 & 433.295