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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 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 1966, chapter 179; in 1979, chapter 711; in 1986, chapter 172; in 1988, chapter 97; in 2005, chapters 717<\/a> and 721<\/a>.<\/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":[{"id":79113,"section_number":"32.1-65","catch_line":"Certain newborn screening required","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-65\/"}],"permalink":{"id":202225,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72227,"identifier":"32.1-66","token":"32.1\/2\/7\/32.1-66","url":"\/32.1-66\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-66\/","token":"32.1\/2\/7\/32.1-66","dublin_core":{"Title":"Commissioner to notify physicians; reports to Commissioner","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-66","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Whenever a newborn screening test result indicates suspicion of any condition pursuant to \u00a7 32.1-65<\/a>, the Commissioner<\/span> shall notify forthwith the attending physician and shall perform or provide for additional testing required to confirm or disprove the diagnosis. All physicians, certified nurse midwives, public health nurses, or any nurse receiving such test result, and administrators of hospitals in the Commonwealth, shall report the discovery<\/span> of all cases of any condition for which newborn screening is conducted pursuant to \u00a7 32.1-65<\/a> to the Commissioner<\/span> for infants and children up to two years of age.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOMMISSIONER TO NOTIFY PHYSICIANS; REPORTS TO COMMISSIONER (\u00a7 32.1-66)\n\nWhenever a newborn screening test result indicates suspicion of any condition\npursuant to \u00a7 32.1-65, the Commissioner shall notify forthwith the attending\nphysician and shall perform or provide for additional testing required to\nconfirm or disprove the diagnosis. All physicians, certified nurse midwives,\npublic health nurses, or any nurse receiving such test result, and\nadministrators of hospitals in the Commonwealth, shall report the discovery of\nall cases of any condition for which newborn screening is conducted pursuant to\n\u00a7 32.1-65 to the Commissioner for infants and children up to two years of age.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 32-112.5; 1966, c. 179; 1979, c. 711; 1986, c. 172; 1988,\nc. 97; 2005, cc. 717, 721.","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}}