TITLE 39

HEALTH AND SAFETY

CHAPTER 9

PREVENTABLE DISEASES IN INFANTS AND NEWBORNS

39-905.  required Tests. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, it shall be the duty of the administrative officer or other person in charge of each hospital, health care facility, or other institution caring for infants or newborns and the person responsible for the registration of the birth of such infants or newborns under section 39-255, Idaho Code, to cause to have administered to every infant or newborn in its or his care a test for phenylketonuria and such other tests for preventable diseases and blood specimen collection as prescribed in this section and section 39-906, Idaho Code, and by department of health and welfare rules. The person administering such tests or blood specimen collection shall carry out the duty and make such reports of the results thereof as required by this section, section 39-906, Idaho Code, and department of health and welfare rules.

(2)  Pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, all infants and newborns shall be tested for at least the following conditions as standard medical practice in Idaho:

(a)  Biotinidase deficiency;

(b)  Congenital hypothyroidism;

(c)  Critical congenital heart disease (CCHD);

(d)  Galactosemia;

(e)  Maple syrup urine disease; and

(f)  Phenylketonuria.

(3)  For births occurring outside of a hospital, the birth attendant shall assure that screening for CCHD is conducted through the use of pulse oximetry between twenty-four (24) and forty-eight (48) hours after birth following an algorithm adopted by the department of health and welfare. The birth attendant or his designee shall record the pulse oximetry results on the birth certificate and whether the CCHD screening was determined as "passed," "failed," or "not screened" following the algorithm adopted by the department of health and welfare. The person performing the screening is responsible for making an immediate referral for further evaluation of a newborn whose CCHD results are abnormal and informing the parent or legal guardian of the need for appropriate intervention.

(4)  For births occurring in a hospital, the administrator of the responsible institution or his designee shall record the pulse oximetry results on the birth certificate and whether the CCHD screening was determined as "passed," "failed," or "not screened" following the algorithm adopted by the department of health and welfare. The administrator of the responsible institution or his designee shall make a referral for further evaluation of a newborn whose CCHD results are abnormal and inform the parent or legal guardian of the need for appropriate intervention.

History:

[(39-905) 39-909, added 1965, ch. 223, sec. 1, p. 510; am. 1974, ch. 23, sec. 106, p. 633; am. 2018, ch. 169, sec. 9, p. 359; am. and redesig. 2025, ch. 45, sec. 11, p. 218.]