RCW 70.83.010 Declaration of policy and purpose. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state of Washington to make every effort to detect as early as feasible and to prevent where possible phenylketonuria and other preventable heritable disorders leading to developmental disabilities or physical defects. [ 1977 ex.s. c 80 § 40; […]
RCW 70.83.020 Screening tests of newborn infants. (1) It shall be the duty of the department of health to require screening tests of all newborn infants born in any setting. Each hospital or health care provider attending a birth outside of a hospital shall collect and submit a sample blood specimen for all newborns no […]
RCW 70.83.023 Specialty clinics—Defined disorders—Fee for infant screening and sickle cell disease. The department has the authority to collect a fee of eight dollars and forty cents from the parents or other responsible party of each infant screened for congenital disorders as defined by the state board of health under RCW 70.83.020 to fund specialty […]
RCW 70.83.030 Report of positive test to department of health. Laboratories, attending physicians, hospital administrators, or other persons performing or requesting the performance of tests for phenylketonuria shall report to the department of health all positive tests. The state board of health by rule shall, when it deems appropriate, require that positive tests for other […]
RCW 70.83.040 Services and facilities of state agencies made available to families and physicians. When notified of positive screening tests, the state department of health shall offer the use of its services and facilities, designed to prevent intellectual disabilities or physical defects in such children, to the attending physician, or the parents of the newborn […]
RCW 70.83.050 Rules and regulations to be adopted by state board of health. The state board of health shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to carry out the intent of this chapter. [ 1967 c 82 § 5.]
RCW 70.83.090 Critical congenital heart disease screening. (1) Prior to discharge of an infant born in a hospital, the hospital shall: (a) Perform critical congenital heart disease screening using pulse oximetry according to recommended American academy of pediatrics guidelines; (b) Record the results of the critical congenital heart disease screening test in the newborn’s medical […]
