Any health care professional conducting newborn hearing
screens, rescreens, or diagnostic audiologic assessments shall report the
results within six working days for any child under three years of age to the
department utilizing the department's designated reporting system. The health
care professional shall conduct the diagnostic hearing assessment in accordance
with the Pediatric Audiologic Diagnostic Protocol prescribed by the department
at www.idph.iowa.gov. Results of a
hearing screen, rescreen or diagnostic audiologic assessment shall be reported
as follows.
(1) Reports shall include:
a. The name, date of birth, and gender of the
child.
b. The name, address, and
telephone number, if available, of the mother of the child. If the mother is
not the person designated as legally responsible for the child's care, the
name, address, and telephone number of the parent, as defined in
641-3.1 (135), shall be
reported.
c. The name of the
primary care provider for the child.
d. Known risk indicators for hearing
loss.
e. The date the child is fit
with a hearing aid(s) or a cochlear implant(s), if applicable.
f. The date of referral to early
intervention, if applicable.
g. The
date of referral to family support, if applicable.
(2) Results of the newborn hearing screening
shall be reported as either "pass" or "refer" for each ear
separately.
(3) Results of the
hearing rescreen shall be reported as either "pass" or "refer" for each ear
separately.
(4) If an assessment
results in a diagnosis of normal hearing for both ears, this shall be
reported.
(5) Any diagnosis of
hearing loss shall also be reported except for transient conductive hearing
loss lasting for less than 90 days in the professional judgment of the
practitioner. This exception will apply only if the child passed the initial
hearing screening or rescreening or had a diagnostic assessment resulting in
normal hearing for both ears.
(6)
Diagnostic audiologic assessment results shall include a statement of the
severity (mild, moderate, moderately severe, severe, profound, or undetermined)
and type (sensorineural, conductive, mixed, or undetermined) of hearing
loss.
(7) Any health care
professional conducting newborn hearing screens, rescreens, or diagnostic
audiologic assessments shall report the results to the primary care provider of
the infant or child.
Notes
Iowa Code r.
641-3.10
ARC 8232B, IAB
10/7/09, effective 11/11/09;
ARC 2290C, IAB 12/9/15, effective 1/13/16
ARC 8232B, lAB 10/7/09,
effective 11/11/09
Amended by
IAB
December 9, 2015/Volume XXXVIII, Number 12, effective
1/13/2016
