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The Board of Health shall promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to implement Newborn Screening Services and the Children with Special Health Care Needs Program. The Board’s regulations shall include a list of newborn screening tests conducted pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7 32.1-65 and 32.1-65.1 and authorization to charge fees for such tests, notification processes conducted pursuant to \u00a7 32.1-66, follow-up procedures, appropriate referral processes, and services available for infants and children who have a heritable disorder or genetic disease identified through Newborn Screening Services.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":285967,"text":"Infants identified with any condition for which newborn screening is conducted pursuant to \u00a7 32.1-65 or 32.1-65.1 shall be eligible for the services of the Children with Special Health Care Needs Program administered by the Department of Health. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 11 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 1980, chapter 470; in 1981, chapter 164; in 1986, chapter 172; in 1988, chapter 97; in 2000, chapter 916<\/a>; in 2005, chapters 717<\/a> and 721<\/a>; in 2012, chapter 147<\/a>; in 2014, chapters 4<\/a> and 175<\/a>; in 2025, chapter 483<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":79113,"section_number":"32.1-65","catch_line":"Certain newborn screening required","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-65\/"},{"id":85421,"section_number":"32.1-65.1","catch_line":"Critical congenital heart defect screening test required","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-65.1\/"},{"id":72227,"section_number":"32.1-66","catch_line":"Commissioner to notify physicians; reports to Commissioner","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-66\/"}],"permalink":{"id":202229,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79830,"identifier":"32.1-67","token":"32.1\/2\/7\/32.1-67","url":"\/32.1-67\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-67\/","token":"32.1\/2\/7\/32.1-67","dublin_core":{"Title":"Duty of Board for follow-up and referral protocols; regulations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-67","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Infants identified with any condition for which newborn screening is conducted pursuant to \u00a7 32.1-65<\/a> or 32.1-65.1<\/a> shall be eligible for the services of the Children with Special Health Care Needs Program administered by the Department<\/span> of Health. The Board<\/span> of Health shall promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to implement Newborn Screening Services and the Children with Special Health Care Needs Program. The Board<\/span>’s regulations shall include a list of newborn screening tests conducted pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7 32.1-65<\/a> and 32.1-65.1<\/a> and authorization to charge fees for such tests, notification processes conducted pursuant to \u00a7 32.1-66<\/a>, follow-up procedures, appropriate referral processes, and services available for infants and children who have a heritable disorder or genetic disease identified through Newborn Screening Services.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDUTY OF BOARD FOR FOLLOW-UP AND REFERRAL PROTOCOLS; REGULATIONS (\u00a7 32.1-67)\n\nInfants identified with any condition for which newborn screening is conducted\npursuant to \u00a7 32.1-65 or 32.1-65.1 shall be eligible for the services of the\nChildren with Special Health Care Needs Program administered by the Department\nof Health. The Board of Health shall promulgate such regulations as may be\nnecessary to implement Newborn Screening Services and the Children with Special\nHealth Care Needs Program. The Board’s regulations shall include a list of\nnewborn screening tests conducted pursuant to \u00a7\u00a7 32.1-65 and 32.1-65.1 and\nauthorization to charge fees for such tests, notification processes conducted\npursuant to \u00a7 32.1-66, follow-up procedures, appropriate referral processes,\nand services available for infants and children who have a heritable disorder or\ngenetic disease identified through Newborn Screening Services.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 32-112.6; 1966, c. 179; 1979, c. 711; 1980, c. 470; 1981,\nc. 164; 1986, c. 172; 1988, c. 97; 2000, c. 916; 2005, cc. 717, 721; 2012, c.\n147; 2014, cc. 4, 175; 2025, c. 483.","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}}