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Title 12 - HEALTHAgency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Chapter 71 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING VIRGINIA NEWBORN SCREENING SERVICES
Section 12VAC5-71-40 - Religious exemption from newborn dried-blood-spot screening requirements

12 Va. Admin. Code § 5-71-40

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Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 10, December 30, 2024
Section 12VAC5-71-40 - Religious exemption from newborn dried-blood-spot screening requirements

Refusal by the infant's parent or guardian to consent to the collection and submission of a newborn dried-blood-spot screening specimen because the test conflicts with his religious practices or tenets shall be documented in the medical record and communicated to the department.

12 Va. Admin. Code § 5-71-40

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 23, Issue 13, eff. April 4, 2007.

Statutory Authority

§ 32.1-12 and Article 7 (§ 32.1-65 et seq.) of Chapter 2 of Title 32.1 of the Code of Virginia.