2017 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 25 - Public Health and Environment
Disease Control
Article 4 - Disease Control
Part 8 - Phenylketonuria
§ 25-4-802. Tests for metabolic defects
(1) It is the duty of either the chief medical staff officer or other person in charge of each institution caring for newborn infants or, if a newborn infant is not born in an institution or is discharged therefrom prior to the time prescribed for the taking of the specimen designated in this section, the person responsible for the signing of the birth certificate of such child to cause to be obtained from every such infant a specimen of the type designated by the state board of health, which specimen shall be forwarded to the department of public health and environment or other laboratory approved by it for testing for phenylketonuria and testing for such other metabolic defects which may be prescribed from time to time by the state board of health to be conducted with respect to such specimen.
(2) The state board of health has the duty to prescribe from time to time effective tests and examinations designed to detect phenylketonuria and such other metabolic disorders or defects likely to cause mental retardation as accepted medical practice indicates.
(3) The performance of such tests and the reporting of results shall be done at such times and places and in such manner as may be prescribed by the department of public health and environment.
(4) It is the duty of the department of public health and environment to contact as soon as possible all cases suspected of having any such disorders or defects and to do any additional testing required to confirm or disprove the suspected disorder or defect.
