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(a) Diagnostic confirmatory testing must be conducted on a newborn child with abnormal screening test results after two screening specimens have been processed. A newborn child with an abnormal result shall be referred to a physician for the diagnostic confirmatory testing by the practitioner who ordered the screening test under 7 AAC 27.530.
(b) A blood specimen must be obtained for the diagnostic confirmatory testing. The diagnostic confirmatory testing of the specimen sent to the designated laboratory must be performed at no charge to the family or physician. The physician may choose to use a diagnostic laboratory other than the designated laboratory for diagnostic confirmatory testing of the specimen. The department will not pay for costs incurred by use of a nondesignated laboratory for the testing.
(c) If diagnostic confirmatory testing is done through a laboratory other than a designated laboratory, the physician shall report, in writing, the results of the diagnostic confirmatory testing to the maternal, adolescent and genetics unit in the department, within 30 days after the date of receipt of results of the abnormal specimen.
(d) When a newborn child has an abnormal screening test result and a diagnostic confirmatory report is not received by the department from the designated laboratory, the department will contact the child's health care provider.
(e) The department will provide the child's health care provider with a consultation with an appropriate medical specialist for a newborn child with a confirmed diagnosis of a disabling, or potentially disabling, metabolic disorder.
History: Eff. 12/30/77, Register 64; am 2/3/88, Register 105; am 7/13/94, Register 131
Authority: AS 18.05.040
Editor's note: The address for the Department of Health and Social Services, division of public health, maternal, adolescent and genetics unit is 1231 Gambell Street, Anchorage, Alaska 99501-4627.
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