Section 11-156-8.1 - Prenatal hepatitis B screening and treatment of newborns(a) Prenatal screening of pregnant women for hepatitis B is required. A woman infected with the hepatitis B virus should be counseled by her practitioner to consent to an immunization series against hepatitis B for her baby.(b) The attending practitioner or other person permitted by law to attend pregnant women in the State shall submit a sample of blood from each pregnant woman to a licensed laboratory for appropriate serologic testing for hepatitis B. The department may establish procedures which practitioners may follow for ordering hepatitis B serologic testing of medically indigent or indigent pregnant women.(c) Every practitioner serving as the primary attendant for a pregnant woman who is a carrier of the hepatitis B virus shall report to the department's perinatal hepatitis B program the name of the woman. The department has established appropriate procedures for babies born to women infected with the hepatitis B virus, and the department may provide the hepatitis B immune globulin and hepatitis B vaccine necessary for the treatment of babies born to indigent or medically indigent pregnant women infected with hepatitis B.(d) Every practitioner serving as the primary attendant for an infant born to a woman who is a carrier of the hepatitis B virus shall report the following information to the department's perinatal hepatitis B program: the infant's name and date of birth, the mother's name and date of birth, the hepatitis B vaccination dates and name of manufacturer(s), administration date, and post-vaccination blood test records of the infant.Haw. Code R. § 11-156-8.1
[Eff 5/24/90; am and comp 10/23/97; comp 8/27/01; am and comp MAR 13 2008] (Auth: HRS §§ 321-9, 325-13) (Imp: HRS §§ 321-1, 325-2, 325-3, 325-92)