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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 12. Health
Agency 5. Department of Health
Chapter 71. Regulations Governing Virginia Newborn Screening Services

11/21/2024

12VAC5-71-40. Religious exemption from newborn dried-blood-spot screening requirements.

Refusal by the infant's parent or guardian to consent to the collection and submission of a newborn dried-blood-spot screening specimen because the test conflicts with his religious practices or tenets shall be documented in the medical record and communicated to the department.

Statutory Authority

§ 32.1-12 and Article 7 (§ 32.1-65 et seq.) of Chapter 2 of Title 32.1 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 23, Issue 13, eff. April 4, 2007.

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