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This law was first created in 1986. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 419 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1986 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1998, chapters 505<\/a>, 506<\/a>, and 513<\/a>; in 2012, chapter 147<\/a>; in 2019, chapter 288<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":70560,"section_number":"32.1-46.01","catch_line":"Virginia Immunization Information System","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-46.01\/"},{"id":62100,"section_number":"32.1-64.1","catch_line":"Virginia Hearing Loss Identification and Monitoring System","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-64.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":202211,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80178,"identifier":"32.1-64.2","token":"32.1\/2\/6.1\/32.1-64.2","url":"\/32.1-64.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-64.2\/","token":"32.1\/2\/6.1\/32.1-64.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Confidentiality of records; publication; Commissioner required to contact parents, physicians, and relevant local early intervention program","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-64.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Commissioner<\/span> and all other persons<\/span> to whom data is submitted pursuant to \u00a7 32.1-64.1<\/a> shall keep such information confidential. No publication of research or statistical data shall be made that identifies any infant with hearing<\/span> loss or risk of hearing<\/span> loss. The Commissioner<\/span> shall contact the parents of children identified with hearing<\/span> loss or at risk of hearing<\/span> loss, their physicians, and the relevant local early intervention program to provide them with information about available public and private health care and educational resources, including any hearing<\/span> loss clinics.\n\t\tThe Commissioner<\/span> may authorize linkages between secure electronic data systems maintained by the Department<\/span> of Health containing newborn hearing<\/span> screening records and the Virginia Immunization Information System (VIIS) operated pursuant to \u00a7 32.1-46.01<\/a>. The Commissioner<\/span> may authorize health care providers authorized to view VIIS to view newborn hearing<\/span> screening records of individuals to whom the providers are providing health care services. The records may be made available until the child reaches seven years of age, after which the records shall not be made available through a linkage to VIIS. Such linkages shall be subject to all applicable state and federal privacy laws<\/span> and regulations.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONFIDENTIALITY OF RECORDS; PUBLICATION; COMMISSIONER REQUIRED TO CONTACT\nPARENTS, PHYSICIANS, AND RELEVANT LOCAL EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAM (\u00a7\n32.1-64.2)\n\nThe Commissioner and all other persons to whom data is submitted pursuant to \u00a7\n32.1-64.1 shall keep such information confidential. No publication of research\nor statistical data shall be made that identifies any infant with hearing loss\nor risk of hearing loss. The Commissioner shall contact the parents of children\nidentified with hearing loss or at risk of hearing loss, their physicians, and\nthe relevant local early intervention program to provide them with information\nabout available public and private health care and educational resources,\nincluding any hearing loss clinics.\n\t\tThe Commissioner may authorize linkages between secure electronic data systems\nmaintained by the Department of Health containing newborn hearing screening\nrecords and the Virginia Immunization Information System (VIIS) operated\npursuant to \u00a7 32.1-46.01. The Commissioner may authorize health care providers\nauthorized to view VIIS to view newborn hearing screening records of individuals\nto whom the providers are providing health care services. The records may be\nmade available until the child reaches seven years of age, after which the\nrecords shall not be made available through a linkage to VIIS. Such linkages\nshall be subject to all applicable state and federal privacy laws and\nregulations.\n\nHISTORY: 1986, c. 419; 1998, cc. 505, 506, 513; 2012, c. 147; 2019, c. 288.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}