1. (1) "Abnormal test result" means a result that is outside of the normal range for a given test.
2. (2) "Appropriate specimen" means a blood specimen submitted on the Utah Newborn Screening form that conforms with the criteria in Section R438-15-9.
3. (3) "Blood spot" means a clinical specimen submitted on the paper of the newborn screening form using the heel stick method.
4. (4) "Department" means the Department of Health and Human Services.
5. (5) "Follow up" means tracking any newborn with an abnormal result, inadequate or unsatisfactory specimen, or a quantity not sufficient specimen through to a normal result or confirmed diagnosis and referral.
6. (6) "Health care provider" means a person licensed by the Department of Commerce, Division of Professional Licensing to practice medicine, naturopathy, or chiropractic or to be a nurse practitioner, as well as the licensed or unlicensed midwife who takes responsibility for delivery or the ongoing health care of a newborn.
7. (7) "Inadequate specimen" means a specimen determined by the Newborn Screening Laboratory to be unacceptable for testing.
8. (8) "Indeterminate result" means a result that requires another specimen to determine normal or abnormal status.
9. (9) "Institution" means a hospital, alternate birthing facility, or midwife service in Utah that provides maternity or nursery services.
10. (10) "Metabolic disease" means a disease screened by the department which is caused by an inborn error of metabolism.
11. (11) "Newborn screening form" means the department's demographic form with the attached Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved filter paper medical collection device.
12. (12) "Quantity not sufficient specimen" or "QNS specimen" means a specimen that the laboratory has partially tested but that does not have enough blood available to complete the full testing.
13. (13) "Unsatisfactory specimen" means an inadequate specimen.

KEY: health care, newborn screening

Date of Last Change: February 17, 2026

Notice of Continuation: January 26, 2023

Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 26B-1-202; 26B-1-432