211.647 Duty of office on receipt of hearing risk certificate -- Standards for
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audiological assessment and diagnostic centers.
(1)The office, on receipt of an auditory screening report of an infant from a hospital or
freestanding birthing center in accordance with KRS 216.2970, shall review each
auditory screening report that indicates a potential hearing loss. The office shall
contact the parents to schedule follow-up evaluations or make a referral for
evaluations within three
(3)business days.
(2)The office shall secure information missing from birth certificates or hospital
referral reports which is relevant to identifying infants with a hearing loss.
(3)The office shall establish standards for infant audiological assessment and
diagnostic centers based on accepted national standards, including but not limited to
the "Guidelines for the Audiologic Assessment of Children From Birth to 5 Years
of Age" as published by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
(ASHA)and the "Year 2007 Position Statement: Principles and Guidelines for
Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Programs" as published by the Joint
Committee on Infant Hearing (JCIH). The office may promulgate administrative
regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A to establish the standards for the
centers.
(4)The office shall maintain a list of approved infant audiological assessment and
diagnostic centers that meet the standards established by the office. An audiological
assessment and diagnostic center included on the list shall meet the standards
established by the office. An approved center may voluntarily choose not to be
included on the list.
(5)An approved audiology assessment and diagnostic center shall agree to provide
requested data to the office for each infant evaluated and on any newly identified
children ages birth to three
(3)years with a permanent childhood hearing loss
within forty-eight
(48)hours and make a referral to the Kentucky Early Intervention
System point of entry in the service area of the child's residence for services under
KRS 200.664. A center shall submit documentation to the office of a referral made
to the Kentucky Early Intervention System. A referral received by the Kentucky
Early Intervention System from a center shall be considered a referral from the
office.
(6)If the audiological evaluation performed by the office contains evidence of a
hearing loss, within forty-eight
(48)hours the office shall:
(a)Contact the attending physician and parents and provide information to the
parents in an accessible format as supplied by the Kentucky Commission on
the Deaf and Hard of Hearing; and
(b)Make a referral to the Kentucky Early Intervention System point of entry in
the service area of the child's residence for services under KRS 200.664.
(7)The office shall forward a report of an audiological evaluation that indicates a
hearing loss, with no information that personally identifies the child, to:
(a)The Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing for census
purposes; and
(b)The Kentucky Birth Surveillance Registry for information purposes.
(8)Cumulative demographic data of identified infants with a hearing loss shall be made
available to agencies and organizations including but not limited to the Cabinet for
Health and Family Services and the Early Childhood Advisory Council, requesting
the information for planning purposes.