N.J. Admin. Code § 8:19-1.4

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

Section 8:19-1.4 - Transferred infants

(a) If, before an infant receives initial hearing screening, the infant is transferred to another in-State birthing facility that holds a community perinatal center level-of-care designation (that is, CPC-basic, CPC-intermediate, CPC-intensive or regional perinatal center) pursuant to N.J.A.C. 8:43G-19.1(b) and 19.16, 19.17 and 19.18 that is higher than the community perinatal center level-of-care designation of the transferring facility, the birthing facility that holds the higher community perinatal center level-of-care designation shall either perform hearing screening of the infant or ensure that the infant receives hearing screening, in accordance with this chapter.

1. If an infant is transferred between birthing facilities with equivalent community perinatal center level-of-care designations, the birthing facility that discharges the infant to home shall either perform hearing screening of the infant or ensure that the infant receives hearing screening in accordance with this chapter.

(b) If an infant is transferred from a birthing facility to an in-State non-birthing facility, the transferring facility shall either perform hearing screening of the infant or ensure that the infant receives hearing screening in accordance with this chapter.

(c) Birthing facilities shall include Newborn Hearing Follow-up Reports in medical records of infants transferred to out-of-State health care facilities prior to transfer to encourage these out-of-State health care facilities to forward hearing screening and/or audiologic evaluation results to the New Jersey Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program.

(d) If an infant receives and obtains a passing result upon the performance of hearing screening or rescreening prior to transfer to an in-State birthing facility, the receiving facility shall rescreen the infant in both ears if the infant:

1. Has hyperbilirubinemia at levels that require exchange transfusion; or

2. Is or has been a patient in the neonatal intensive care unit of one or more birthing facilities for a combined total of longer than five days and has:

i. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation treatment;

ii. Ototoxic medication treatment;

iii. Culture-positive sepsis;

iv. Culture-positive meningitis; or

v. Congenital infections of toxoplasmosis, rubella, cytomegalovirus, herpes or syphilis.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:19-1.4