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Oklahoma Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 11, 2021) |
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TITLE 310. Oklahoma State Department of Health |
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Chapter 540. Infant Hearing Screening |
SECTION 310:540-1-2. Definitions
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- The following words or terms, when used in this Chapter, shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:"Audiologist" means an individual holding a state licensure in the field of Audiology."Discharge" means the release of the newborn from care and custody of a perinatal licensed health facility to the parents or into the community."Hearing Screening Procedure" means the combination of physiologic hearing screening and risk factor tracking used to determine, from the total population of infants born, the infants at risk for hearing loss."Newborn screening filter paper" means a newborn screening blood spot collection kit approved by the Oklahoma State Department of Health."Other health care provider" means the health care provider who will be providing health care for the infant after birth including midwives, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and hospital hearing screening vendors."Other qualified individual" means an individual working under the guidelines developed by the responsible health care facility, physician, audiologist or other health care provider."Parent" means a natural parent, stepparent, adoptive parent, legal guardian, or other legal custodian of a child."Physician" means an M.D. or D.O. licensed in the State of Oklahoma to practice medicine."Physiologic Screening" means the use of a bilateral physiologic screening technique to determine, from the total population of infants born, the infants at risk for hearing loss."Risk Factors" mean conditions identified by the Joint Committee on Infant Hearing (JCHIH 2000 Position Statement or later) which place a newborn at risk for hearing loss."Subsequent hearing screening" means a hearing screening completed at minimum 72 hours after the initial hearing screening."Transfer" means release of the newborn from care and custody of one perinatal licensed health facility to another.