The purpose of this subchapter:
- (1) describes point-of-care newborn hearing screening process administered by the Department of State Health Services (department) pursuant to Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter 47;
- (2) details confidentiality and general access to data regarding newborn hearing screening with state and federal privacy guidelines;
- (3) identifies the department's Texas Early Hearing Detection and Management Information System (TEHDI MIS) used to capture and report newborn hearing screening information, and describes the requirements for follow-up, intervention, and reporting to the department by newborn hearing screening participants; and
- (4) incorporates by reference the protocols for newborn hearing screening programs and the criteria used by the department to certify hearing screening programs.
Source Note:The provisions of this §37.501 adopted to be effective May 14, 2015, 40 TexReg 2534.