RCW 70.83.020
Screening tests of newborn infants.
(1) It shall be the duty of the department of health to require screening tests of all newborn infants born in any setting. Each hospital or health care provider attending a birth outside of a hospital shall collect and submit a sample blood specimen for all newborns no more than forty-eight hours following birth. The department of health shall conduct screening tests of samples for the detection of phenylketonuria and other heritable or metabolic disorders leading to intellectual disabilities or physical defects as defined by the state board of health: PROVIDED, That no such tests shall be given to any newborn infant whose parents or guardian object thereto on the grounds that such tests conflict with their religious tenets and practices.
(2) The sample required in subsection (1) of this section must be received by the department [of health] within seventy-two hours of the collection of the sample, excluding any day that the Washington state public health laboratory is closed.
[ 2014 c 18 § 1; 2010 c 94 § 18; 1991 c 3 § 348; 1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 27 § 1; 1967 c 82 § 2.]
NOTES:
Purpose—2010 c 94: See note following RCW 44.04.280.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 70 - Public Health and Safety
Chapter 70.83 - Phenylketonuria and Other Preventable Heritable Disorders.
70.83.010 - Declaration of policy and purpose.
70.83.020 - Screening tests of newborn infants.
70.83.023 - Specialty clinics—Defined disorders—Fee for infant screening and sickle cell disease.
70.83.030 - Report of positive test to department of health.
70.83.040 - Services and facilities of state agencies made available to families and physicians.
70.83.050 - Rules and regulations to be adopted by state board of health.