{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-15-1103","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 20-15-1103","heading":"Creation","body":"(a) There is established in the Department of Health a program to be known as the \"Newborn Infant Hearing Screening Program\". The program shall provide for the early identification and follow-up of newborn infants at risk. (b) The program shall include: (1) Development through the promulgation of rules and criteria or factors to identify those newborn infants who are at risk for hearing impairment or of developing a progressive hearing impairment; (2) Creation of a Hearing Impairment Registry to include, but not be limited to, the identification of newborn infants at risk for hearing impairment, infants with hearing impairment, and infants at risk of developing a progressive hearing impairment; (3) Development of a hearing impairment at-risk questionnaire. The instrument shall be provided by the department to hospitals, birthing centers, and lay midwives for use in the program; (4) Development of appropriate written materials regarding hearing impairment. The materials shall be provided to hospitals, birthing centers, and lay midwives for their use in the program; (5) Development of a means of establishing contact with parents, guardians, and physicians of newborn infants with hearing impairment, of newborn infants at risk, and of infants at risk of developing a progressive hearing impairment; (6) Establishment of a telephone hotline to communicate information about hearing impairment, hearing screening, audiological evaluation, and other services for infants with hearing impairment; (7) Development of a screening report to be used by all facilities screening infants for hearing impairment to provide information to the department for a tracking system for newborn infants at risk; and (8) A data collection system. Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 1945, eff. 7/24/2019. Acts 1993, No. 1096, § 3.\n\n(a) There is established in the Department of Health a program to be known as the \"Newborn Infant Hearing Screening Program\". The program shall provide for the early identification and follow-up of newborn infants at risk.\n\n(b) The program shall include: (1) Development through the promulgation of rules and criteria or factors to identify those newborn infants who are at risk for hearing impairment or of developing a progressive hearing impairment; (2) Creation of a Hearing Impairment Registry to include, but not be limited to, the identification of newborn infants at risk for hearing impairment, infants with hearing impairment, and infants at risk of developing a progressive hearing impairment; (3) Development of a hearing impairment at-risk questionnaire. The instrument shall be provided by the department to hospitals, birthing centers, and lay midwives for use in the program; (4) Development of appropriate written materials regarding hearing impairment. The materials shall be provided to hospitals, birthing centers, and lay midwives for their use in the program; (5) Development of a means of establishing contact with parents, guardians, and physicians of newborn infants with hearing impairment, of newborn infants at risk, and of infants at risk of developing a progressive hearing impairment; (6) Establishment of a telephone hotline to communicate information about hearing impairment, hearing screening, audiological evaluation, and other services for infants with hearing impairment; (7) Development of a screening report to be used by all facilities screening infants for hearing impairment to provide information to the department for a tracking system for newborn infants at risk; and (8) A data collection system.\n\n(1) Development through the promulgation of rules and criteria or factors to identify those newborn infants who are at risk for hearing impairment or of developing a progressive hearing impairment;\neport to be used by all facilities screening infants for hearing impairment to provide information to the department for a tracking system for newborn infants at risk; and (8) A data collection system.\n\n(1) Development through the promulgation of rules and criteria or factors to identify those newborn infants who are at risk for hearing impairment or of developing a progressive hearing impairment;\n\n(2) Creation of a Hearing Impairment Registry to include, but not be limited to, the identification of newborn infants at risk for hearing impairment, infants with hearing impairment, and infants at risk of developing a progressive hearing impairment;\n\n(3) Development of a hearing impairment at-risk questionnaire. The instrument shall be provided by the department to hospitals, birthing centers, and lay midwives for use in the program;\n\n(4) Development of appropriate written materials regarding hearing impairment. The materials shall be provided to hospitals, birthing centers, and lay midwives for their use in the program;\n\n(5) Development of a means of establishing contact with parents, guardians, and physicians of newborn infants with hearing impairment, of newborn infants at risk, and of infants at risk of developing a progressive hearing impairment;\n\n(6) Establishment of a telephone hotline to communicate information about hearing impairment, hearing screening, audiological evaluation, and other services for infants with hearing impairment;\n\n(7) Development of a screening report to be used by all facilities screening infants for hearing impairment to provide information to the department for a tracking system for newborn infants at risk; and\n\n(8) A data collection system.","path":["AR Code","Title 20","Chapter 15","Subchapter 11"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"876c3b2d9c273c35c5ae2036511a1da9aa11b8d751125ea17fbf36406e7c9f6f","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-15-1102","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-15-1104"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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