{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-211.647","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 211.647","heading":"Duty of office on receipt of hearing risk certificate -- Standards for","body":"audiological assessment and diagnostic centers.\n(1) The office, on receipt of an auditory screening report of an infant from a hospital or\nfreestanding birthing center i n accordance with KRS 216.2970, shall review each\nauditory screening report that indicates a potential hearing loss. The office shall\ncontact the parents to schedule follow -up evaluations or make a referral for\nevaluations within three (3) business days.\n(2) The office shall secure information missing from birth certificates or hospital\nreferral reports which is relevant to identifying infants with a hearing loss.\n(3) The office shall establish standards for infant audiological assessment and\ndiagnostic centers based on accepted national standards, including but not limited to\nthe \"Guidelines for the Audiologic Assessment of Children From Birth to 5 Years\nof Age\" as published by the American Speech -Language-Hearing Association\n(ASHA) and the \"Year 2007 Posit ion Statement: Principles and Guidelines for\nEarly Hearing Detection and Intervention Programs\" as published by the Joint\nCommittee on Infant Hearing (JCIH). The office may promulgate administrative\nregulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A to establi sh the standards for the\ncenters.\n(4) The office shall maintain a list of approved infant audiological assessment and\ndiagnostic centers that meet the standards established by the office. An audiological\nassessment and diagnostic center included on the lis t shall meet the standards\nestablished by the office. An approved center may voluntarily choose not to be\nincluded on the list.\n(5) An approved audiology assessment and diagnostic center shall agree to provide\nrequested data to the office for each infant e valuated and on any newly identified\nchildren ages birth to three (3) years with a permanent childhood hearing loss\nwithin forty-eight (48) hours and make a referral to the Kentucky Early Intervention\nSystem point of entry in the service area of the child' s residence for services under\nKRS 200.664. A center shall submit documentation to the office of a referral made\nto the Kentucky Early Intervention System. A referral received by the Kentucky\nEarly Intervention System from a center shall be considered a re ferral from the\noffice.\n(6) If the audiological evaluation performed by the office contains evidence of a\nhearing loss, within forty-eight (48) hours the office shall:\n(a) Contact the attending physician and parents and provide information to the\nparents in an accessible format as supplied by the Kentucky Commission on\nthe Deaf and Hard of Hearing; and\n(b) Make a referral to the Kentucky Early Intervention System point of entry in\nthe service area of the child's residence for services under KRS 200.664.\n(7) The office shall forward a report of an audiological evaluation that indicates a\nhearing loss, with no information that personally identifies the child, to:\n(a) The Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing for census\npurposes; and\n(b) The Kentucky Birth Surveillance Registry for information purposes.\n(8) Cumulative demographic data of identified infants with a hearing loss shall be made\navailable to agencies and organizations including but not limited to the Cabinet for\nHealth and Family Services and the Early Childhood Advisory Council, requesting\nthe information for planning purposes.","path":["KRS Chapter 211"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=56423","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:52:13Z","sha256":"a019016412299184f511f4dc7f4afbf6899224ff2e3d88be507fc87c50e65508","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-211.645","next":"us-ky/krs-211.650"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}