La. Admin. Code tit. 48 § V-16303

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section V-16303 - Reporting Requirements

A. The office shall determine the health care facilities and providers which shall be required to report all birth defects, the types of conditions or defects that shall be reported, the type of information that shall be contained in the confidential report and the method for making the report.

B. To ensure an accurate source of data necessary to investigate the incidence, prevalence, and trends of birth defects, a reporting source shall make available to the program staff, office staff, or authorized agent medical records or other information upon request that relates to the occurrence of a birth defect.

C. The department secretary may require, in lieu of active case finding, reporting sources identifying and diagnosing birth defects to report the birth defects to the program within 30 days of diagnosis.

La. Admin. Code tit. 48, § V-16303

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health, LR 30:1020 (May 2004).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 40.31.48.