R9-13-205. Second Specimen Collection

A. After a newborn’s or an infant’s discharge from a health care facility or after a home birth, a health care provider or the health care provider’s designee shall: 1. Collect a second specimen from the newborn or infant not older than one year of age at the time of the newborn’s or infant’s first visit to the health care provider, or 2. Verify that a health care facility or different health care provider has collected a second specimen from the newborn or infant. B. If a newborn is an inpatient of a health care facility at five days of age, the health care facility’s designee shall collect a second specimen from the newborn: 1. When the newborn is at least five but not more than 10 days old; or 2. If the newborn is discharged from the health care facility when the newborn is at least five but not more than 10 days old, before discharge. C. For a home birth that is not attended by a health care provider, a local health department’s designee shall collect a specimen from a newborn or an infant if the local health department’s designee has not verified that a second specimen has already been collected from the newborn or infant.