10 GCA § 4103: Definitions.

(a) >Infant= means a child who is not a newborn and has not attained the age of one (1) year.

(b) >Newborn= means a child up to twenty-eight (28) days old.

(c) >Child= means a person up to twenty-one (21) years of age.

(d) >Parent= means a natural parent, stepparent, adoptive parents, guardian, or custodian of a newborn or infant.

(e) >Birth Admission= means the time after birth that the newborn remains in the hospital nursery prior to discharge.

(f) >ICC Subcommittee= means the subcommittee of the Guam Interagency Coordinating Council of the Guam Early Intervention System tasked with monitoring newborn hearing screening, tracking, and intervention.

(g) >False Positive Rate= means the proportion of infants identified as having a significant hearing loss by the screening process who are ultimately found to not have a significant hearing loss.

(h) >False Negative Rate= means the proportion of infants not identified as having a significant hearing loss by the screening process who are ultimately found to have a significant hearing loss.

(i) >Health Care Insurer= means any entity regulated by the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance, including, but not limited to, health care insurers; health, hospital or medical service plan corporations; or health maintenance organizations. Health care insurer does not include self-insured plans or groups regulated by the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (>ERISA=), to the extent that Guam regulation of such plans is preempted by ERISA.

(j) >Health Insurance Policy= means any health insurance policy, contract, plan, or evidence of coverage issued by a health care insurer, which provides medical coverage on an expense incurred, service or prepaid basis.

(k) >Hearing Screening Test= means automated auditory brainstem response, otoacoustic emissions, or any other appropriate screening test as recommended by national professional medical and health organizations and approved by the DPH&SS.

(l) >Health Care Facility= means any institution, building or agency whether public or private (for-profit or non-profit) that is used or designed to provide health care services, medical treatment or preventive care to any person or persons.

(m) >Hearing Loss== means a hearing loss of twenty-five (25) dB HL or greater in the frequency region important for speech recognition and comprehension in one or both ears (approximately 500 through 4000 Hz).