Newborn Screening for Metabolic and Sickle Cell Disorders Program
Screening
Responsibility for performing newborn screening is assigned by Georgia law as follows:
- "When a live birth occurs in a hospital the physician shall have a specimen of the infant's blood taken prior to the infant's discharge from the hospital."
- "When a live birth occurs in a facility other than a licensed hospital, it shall be the responsibility of the person in charge of the facility or the person in attendance, to give written notice to the parents, guardian or other legally responsible person of the legal requirements for the newborn to be tested and to advise where testing can be obtained."
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