Every hospital and birth center in this State shall provide the parents of each newborn baby who is at high risk for sickle cell disease or sickle cell trait delivered in the hospital or birth center, educational information on sickle cell disease and sickle cell trait and associated complications.
HISTORY: 2015 Act No. 76 (S.341), Section 1, eff June 8, 2015.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Chapter 37 - Care Of The Newly Born
Section 44-37-10. Report of infants with diseased eyes.
Section 44-37-20. Instillation of prophylactic to prevent blindness within one hour after birth.
Section 44-37-35. Required neonatal genetic testing.
Section 44-37-40. Universal Newborn Hearing Screening and Intervention Act.
Section 44-37-60. Information on pertussis disease to be provided to parents of newborns.
Section 44-37-65. Hospitals and birth centers required to provide sickle cell education.
Section 44-37-70. Required screening to detect congenital heart defects in newborns.