§16-40-1. Definitions
As used in this article: (1) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Bureau for Public Health.
§16-40-2. Expansion and Implementation of Statewide Birth Defects Information System
(a) The commissioner shall establish and implement a statewide birth defects information system for the collection of information concerning congenital anomalies, stillbirths and abnormal conditions of newborns. (b) The commissioner may require each physician, nurse-midwife, hospital and freestanding birthing center to report to the system information concerning all patients under six years of age with […]
§16-40-3. Purposes of System
The birth defects information system may be used for all of the following purposes: (1) To identify and describe congenital anomalies, stillbirths and abnormal conditions of newborns;
§16-40-4. Confidentiality of Information
(a) Except as provided in this section, records received and information assembled by the birth defects information system pursuant to section two of this article are confidential medical records. (b) (1) The commissioner may use information assembled by the system to notify parents, guardians and custodians of children with congenital anomalies or abnormal conditions of […]
§16-40-5. Parent or Legal Guardian May Require Removal of Information Concerning Child From System
(a) As used in this section, "local board of health" means a local board of health established under the provisions of article two of this chapter. (b) A child's parent or legal guardian who wants information concerning the child removed from the birth defects information system shall request from the local board of health or […]
§16-40-6. Advisory Council
(a) Not later than thirty days after the effective date of this article, the commissioner shall appoint a council to advise on the establishment and implementation of the birth defects information system. (b) The council shall include, at a minimum, persons representing each of the following interests: (1) Obstetrics and gynecology;
§16-40-7. Rules
Not later than July 1, 2003, the commissioner shall, in consultation with the council created under section six of this article, propose rules for legislative approval in accordance with the provisions of article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code to do all of the following: (1) Implement the birth defects information system;
§16-40-8. Reports by Commissioner
Prior to January 1, three years after the date a birth defects information system is implemented pursuant to this article, and by January 1, of each year after that, the commissioner shall prepare a report regarding the birth defects information system. The council created under section six of this article shall, not later than two […]