Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section 64-83-5 - Protocol, Reporting and Referral5.1. The health care provider shall, except when the parent or guardian objects on grounds of religious belief, determine the total birth score on every newborn shortly after delivery when the birth occurs in a hospital or other licensed health facility. If the birth occurs at a nonlicensed facility, the infant=s primary physician shall determine the birth score within ten (10) days after birth.5.2. The health care provider or the infant=s primary physician shall record or cause to be recorded in the newborn infant=s medical record and on the Birth Score Developmental Risk Screen, the newborn infant=s total birth score.5.3. When a health care provider or the infant=s primary physician determines a total birth score on an infant, they shall: 5.3.a. Inform the parents or guardians of the birth score findings upon completion of the scoring; and5.3.b. Provide the parents or guardian with a copy of the Birth Score Developmental Risk Screen.5.4. When a health care provider determines a high birth score on a newborn infant, the health care provider shall link with the infant=s established local primary care provider for recommended schedule of well child visits at two (2), four (4), eight (8), twelve (12), sixteen (16) and twenty-four (24) weeks of age.5.5. When the newborn infant does not have a primary care provider, the health care facility shall refer the infant=s parent or guardian to a list of local primary care providers who perform well child visits.5.6. The health care provider or primary physician shall send a written copy of the screening results within ten (10) days of the newborn=s birth date to the Birth Score Office, West Virginia University Department of Pediatrics, P.O. Box 9214, Morgantown, WV 26506-9214.5.7. The Birth Score Office shall collect developmental risk /newborn hearing screening data and make referrals to educational, medical, and social support services.