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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>79830</law_id><section_number>32.1-67</section_number><catch_line>Duty of Board for follow-up and referral protocols; regulations</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="32.1">Health</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="2">Disease Prevention and Control</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="7">Newborn Screening</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Infants identified with any condition for which newborn screening is conducted pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Certain newborn screening required" href="/32.1-65/">32.1-65</a> or <a class="law" title="Critical congenital heart defect screening test required" href="/32.1-65.1/">32.1-65.1</a> shall be eligible for the services of the Children with Special Health Care Needs Program administered by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Health. The <span class="dictionary">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 <span class="dictionary">Board</span>&#x2019;s regulations shall include a list of newborn screening tests conducted pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Certain newborn screening required" href="/32.1-65/">32.1-65</a> and <a class="law" title="Critical congenital heart defect screening test required" href="/32.1-65.1/">32.1-65.1</a> and authorization to charge fees for such tests, notification processes conducted pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Commissioner to notify physicians; reports to Commissioner" href="/32.1-66/">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></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 32-112.6; 1966, c. 179; 1979, c. 711; 1980, c. 470; 1981, c. 164; 1986, c. 172; 1988, c. 97; 2000, c. 916; 2005, cc. 717, 721; 2012, c. 147; 2014, cc. 4, 175; 2025, c. 483.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
