Md. Code Regs. 10.52.12.09

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 22, November 1, 2024

Section 10.52.12.09 - Transport of Blood-Spot Specimens to a Licensed Laboratory

A. A birthing facility representative, physician, or other health care provider or, in the case when a birth occurs outside a birthing facility, the individual required to prepare and file the certificate of birth, shall send newborn screening blood-spot specimens only to the Department's public health laboratory for the performance of newborn screening, as set forth in COMAR 10.10.13.14B.

B. The individual responsible for collecting and submitting a blood-spot specimen for a newborn screening test shall ensure that; blood-spot specimens are forwarded by courier to the Department's public health laboratory within 24 hours after collection

Regulations .09 Newborn Screening, adopted as an emergency provision effective January 1, 2009 (36:2 Md. R. 97); adopted permanently effective March 23, 2009 (36:6 Md. R. 490); amended and recodified from .10 effective 44:8 Md. R. 404, eff. 4/24/2017