77 Ill. Adm. Code 661.40
Genetic and Metabolic Diseases Advisory Board
Section 661.40Â Genetic and Metabolic Diseases Advisory
Board
a)
The
Director shall create the Genetic and Metabolic Diseases Advisory Committee to
advise the Department regarding issues relevant to newborn screenings of
metabolic diseases
and other newborn non-metabolic conditions (Section 5(a)
of the Genetic and Metabolic Diseases Advisory Committee Act).
b)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The
Advisory Committee shall:
1)
Advise
the Department regarding issues relevant to its Genetic Program;
2)
Advise
the Department regarding optimal laboratory methodologies for screening of the
targeted conditions;
3)
Recommend
to the Department consultants who are qualified to diagnose a condition
detected by screening, provide management of care, and genetic counseling for
the family;
4)
Monitor
the incidence of each condition for which newborn screening is done, evaluate
the effects of treatment and genetic counseling, and provide advice on
disorders to be included in newborn screening panel;
5)
Advise
the Department on educational programs for professionals and the general
public;
and
6)
Advise
the Department on new developments and areas of interest in relation to the
Department's
Genetics Program
(Section 5(b) of the Genetic and Metabolic Diseases
Advisory Committee Act).
c)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The
Advisory Committee
shall consist of 20 members appointed by the Director.Â
Membership shall include physicians, geneticists, nurses, nutritionists, and
other allied health professionals, as well as patients and parents. Ex-officio
members may be appointed, but shall not have voting privileges.
(Section
5(c) of the Genetic and Metabolic Diseases Advisory Committee Act).
d)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The
addition of specific disorders to this Part shall be reviewed by the Advisory
Committee. The Department will consider the recommendations of the Advisory
Committee in determining whether to include an additional disorder in the
screening panel. Implementation of the Department's determination is subject to
that determination's adoption by rule.