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This law was first created in 2014. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 4<\/a> and 175<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":[{"id":79830,"section_number":"32.1-67","catch_line":"Duty of Board for follow-up and referral protocols; regulations","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-67\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":202221,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85421,"identifier":"32.1-65.1","token":"32.1\/2\/7\/32.1-65.1","url":"\/32.1-65.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-65.1\/","token":"32.1\/2\/7\/32.1-65.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Critical congenital heart defect screening test required","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-65.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In order<\/span> to prevent disability or death, the Board<\/span> shall require every hospital in the Commonwealth having a newborn nursery to perform a critical congenital heart defect screening test using pulse oximetry or other Board<\/span>-approved screening test that is based on standards set forth by the American Academy of Pediatrics on every newborn in its care when such infant is at least 24 hours old but no more than 48 hours old or, in cases in which the infant is discharged from the hospital prior to reaching 24 hours of age, prior to discharging the infant.\n\t\tAny infant whose parent or guardian objects<\/span> thereto on the grounds that such tests conflict with his religious practices or tenets shall not be required to receive such screening tests.\n\t\tThe physician or health care provider in charge of the infant’s care after delivery shall cause such tests to be performed.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCRITICAL CONGENITAL HEART DEFECT SCREENING TEST REQUIRED (\u00a7 32.1-65.1)\n\nIn order to prevent disability or death, the Board shall require every hospital\nin the Commonwealth having a newborn nursery to perform a critical congenital\nheart defect screening test using pulse oximetry or other Board-approved\nscreening test that is based on standards set forth by the American Academy of\nPediatrics on every newborn in its care when such infant is at least 24 hours\nold but no more than 48 hours old or, in cases in which the infant is discharged\nfrom the hospital prior to reaching 24 hours of age, prior to discharging the\ninfant.\n\t\tAny infant whose parent or guardian objects thereto on the grounds that such\ntests conflict with his religious practices or tenets shall not be required to\nreceive such screening tests.\n\t\tThe physician or health care provider in charge of the infant’s care\nafter delivery shall cause such tests to be performed.\n\nHISTORY: 2014, cc. 4, 175.","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}}