(a) General rule.--Except as provided for in subsection
(c), the department shall require a birthing facility or a
certified-nurse midwife, direct-entry midwife or health care
practitioner that assumes care of a newborn child to screen the
newborn child for CMV before the newborn child is 21 days of age
if:
(1) the newborn child fails the initial newborn hearing
screening under the act of November 30, 2001 (P.L.849,
No.89), known as the Infant Hearing Education, Assessment,
Reporting and Referral (IHEARR) Act; or
(2) the parent or guardian of a newborn child requests
that the newborn child be screened for CMV.
(A) REQUIREMENT.--THE DEPARTMENT SHALL REQUIRE A BIRTHING
FACILITY, A CERTIFIED-NURSE MIDWIFE, A HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER
OR AN UNLICENSED MIDWIFE THAT ASSUMES CARE OF A NEWBORN CHILD TO
OFFER THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF THE NEWBORN CHILD SCREENING FOR
CMV, OR A REFERRAL FOR SCREENING FOR CMV, BEFORE THE NEWBORN
CHILD IS 21 DAYS OF AGE IF THE NEWBORN CHILD FAILS THE INITIAL
NEWBORN HEARING SCREENING UNDER THE ACT OF NOVEMBER 30, 2001
(P.L.849, NO.89), KNOWN AS THE INFANT HEARING EDUCATION,
ASSESSMENT, REPORTING AND REFERRAL (IHEARR) ACT.
(B) CONSENT REQUIRED.--BEFORE A CMV SCREENING IS PERFORMED
ON A NEWBORN CHILD, A PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF THE NEWBORN CHILD
SHALL PROVIDE WRITTEN CONSENT TO A BIRTHING FACILITY, A
CERTIFIED-NURSE MIDWIFE, A HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER OR AN
UNLICENSED MIDWIFE THAT ASSUMES CARE OF THE NEWBORN CHILD. THE
PARENT OR GUARDIAN SHALL PROVIDE THE WRITTEN CONSENT ON A FORM
DEVELOPED BY THE BIRTHING FACILITY, CERTIFIED-NURSE MIDWIFE,
HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER OR UNLICENSED MIDWIFE. THE BIRTHING
FACILITY, CERTIFIED-NURSE MIDWIFE, HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER OR
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