DIVISION 106. PERSONAL HEALTH CARE (INCLUDING MATERNAL, CHILD, AND ADOLESCENT) 123100-125850›PART 2. MATERNAL, CHILD, AND ADOLESCENT HEALTH 123225-124250›CHAPTER 3. Child Health 123650-124174.6›ARTICLE 6.5. Newborn and Infant Hearing Screening, Tracking, and Intervention Program 124115-124120.5
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California Health and Safety Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
The department or its designee shall provide every general acute care hospital that has licensed perinatal services, or neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), as specified in Section 123975, written information on the current and most effective means available to screen the hearing of newborns and infants, and shall provide technical assistance and consultation to these hospitals in developing a system of screening each newborn and infant receiving care at the facility. The information shall also include the mechanism for referral of newborns and infants with abnormal test results.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 335, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007. Operative January 1, 2008, by Sec. 5 of Ch. 335.)
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