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2013 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 24 - Health and Safety
Article 1 - Public Health
Section 24-1-6 - Tests required for newborn infants. (2010)
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24-1-6. Tests required for newborn infants. (2010)
A. The department shall adopt screening tests for the detection of congenital diseases that shall be given to every newborn infant, except that, after being informed of the reasons for the tests, the parents or guardians of the newborn child may waive the requirements for the tests in writing. The screening tests shall include at a minimum:
(1) 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA deficiency;
(2) 3-OH 3-CH3 glutaric aciduria;
(3) argininosuccinic acidemia;
(4) mitochondrial acetoacetyl-CoA thiolase deficiency;
(5) biotinidase deficiency;
(6) carnitine uptake defect;
(7) citrullinemia;
(8) congenital adrenal hyperplasia;
(9) congenital hypothyroidism;
(10) cystic fibrosis;
(11) galactosemia;
(12) glutaric acidemia type I;
(13) Hb S/beta-thalassemia;
(14) hearing deficiency;
(15) homocystinuria;
(16) isovaleric academia;
(17) long-chain L-3-OH acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency;
(18) maple syrup urine disease;
(19) medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency;
(20) methylmalonic acidemia;
(21) multiple carboxylase deficiency;
(22) phenylketonuria;
(23) proponic acidemia;
(24) sickle cell anemia;
(25) trifunctional protein deficiency;
(26) tyrosinemia type I; and
(27) very long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency.
B. Upon the later of either January 1, 2011 or when the secretary finds that these screening tests are reasonably available, the department shall adopt screening tests for the detection of the following genetic diseases that shall be given to every newborn infant; except that, after being informed of the reasons for the tests, the parents or guardians of the newborn child may waive the requirements of the tests in writing. The screening tests shall include:
(1) acid maltase deficiency or glycogen storage disease type II;
(2) globoid cell leukodystrophy;
(3) Gaucher's disease;
(4) Niemann-Pick disease; and
(5) Fabry disease.
C. In determining which other congenital diseases to screen for, the secretary shall consider the recommendations of the New Mexico pediatrics society of the American academy of pediatrics.
D. The department shall institute and carry on such laboratory services or may contract with another agency or entity to provide such services as are necessary to detect the presence of congenital diseases.
E. The department shall, as necessary, carry on an educational program among physicians, hospitals, public health nurses and the public concerning congenital diseases.
F. The department shall require that all hospitals or institutions having facilities for childbirth perform or have performed screening tests for congenital diseases on all newborn infants except if the parents or guardians of a child object to the tests in writing.
History: 1953 Comp., § 12-34-6, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 359, § 6; 1975, ch. 254, § 1; 1978, ch. 83, § 1; 1981, ch. 95, § 1; 2005, ch. 134, § 1; 2010, ch. 91, § 1.
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