Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-4-609 - Exceptions: parental right to refuse, medical care facility, medically fragile newborns, and home births
(a) If the
newborn's or infant's parent objects to the mandatory screening for the
detection of hearing loss, the parent's objection shall be documented in the
child's medical record.
(b) If the
medical care facility meets the definition of sending agency as specified in
K.A.R. 28-4-600, that sending agency shall meet the following requirements:
(1) Have a contract or written agreement with
a receiving agency that defines the responsibilities of each agency, including
which agency is responsible for tracking and follow-up and for submitting the
required data to the department;
(2) have the written agreement on file with
the department;
(3) before each
newborn's or infant's discharge, meet the following requirements:
(A) Schedule the hearing screening for the
child at the receiving agency;
(B)
provide the parent with the following information:
(i) The importance of early detection of
hearing loss;
(ii) the normal
infant developmental milestones regarding hearing, speech, and language;
(iii) the purpose, benefits, and
limitations of newborn hearing screening;
(iv) the procedures used for newborn hearing
screening; and
(v) the risk
indicators for delayed-onset, progressive, and acquired hearing loss; and
(C) obtain a signed
consent form from the parent to permit the receiving agency to share the
results of the hearing screening; and
(4) obtain the hearing screening results and
place them in the newborn's medical record.
(c) If a medically fragile newborn is
transferred immediately after birth to a neonatal intensive care unit and has
not had the hearing screened before the transfer, the medical care facility
that releases the child to the home shall be responsible for the following:
(1) Screening the child's hearing before
discharge; and
(d)
(1) For home births at which a primary
medical care provider is in attendance, the primary medical care provider shall
be responsible for the following:
(A)
Coordination and referral of the newborn to a licensed audiologist or medical
care facility providing hearing screening; and
(B) assisting the parent to obtain hearing
screening for the newborn before the child is 30 days old.
(2) For home births at which a
primary medical care provider is not in attendance, the newborn's primary
medical care provider shall be responsible for the coordination and referral
for hearing screening following accepted medical practices.
Notes
State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compare.
No prior version found.