2020 Arkansas Code
Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare
Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety
Chapter 15 - Disease and Disease Prevention Generally
Subchapter 15 - Universal Newborn Hearing Screening, Tracking, and Intervention Program and Advisory Board
§ 20-15-1502. Definitions
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Birth admission” means the time after birth that the newborn remains in the hospital nursery before discharge;
(2) “Birthing hospital” means any hospital located within the State of Arkansas that delivers newborns;
(3) [Repealed.]
(4) [Repealed.]
(5) [Repealed.]
(6) “Follow-up care” and “follow-up screening” means the follow-up services provided by a licensed audiologist to diagnose a hearing loss;
(7) “Hearing loss” means an impairment that is a dysfunction of the auditory system of any type or degree sufficient to interfere with acquisition and development of speech and language skills;
(8) “Hearing screening” means a bilateral physiological measurement of hearing on a newborn or infant;
(9) “Infant” means a child thirty (30) days to twelve (12) months old;
(10) “Intervention” means amplification by a licensed audiologist as required and early intervention services described in Part H of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act as in effect January 1, 1999;
(11) “Newborn” means a child up to twenty-nine (29) days old;
(12) “Parent” means a natural parent, stepparent, adoptive parent, legal guardian, or other legal custodian of a child;
(13) “Program” means the Universal Newborn Infant Hearing Screening, Tracking, and Intervention Program; and
(14) “Provider” means an audiologist licensed by the State of Arkansas who administers initial newborn and infant hearing screenings upon referral from a hospital or physician or follow-up screenings outside of the hospital setting.
