§ 16-41-17-8 — Blood sample; collection; exceptions

(a) Each hospital and physician shall:
(1) subject to subsection (b), take or cause to be taken a blood
sample from every infant born under the hospital's and physician's
care; and
(2) transport or cause to be transported each blood sample
described in subdivision (1) to a laboratory designated under
section 7 of this chapter;
for testing for the disorders listed in section 2(a) of this chapter.
(b) This subsection does not apply to preterm infants or newborn
infants who receive a total exchange blood transfusion. Except as
provided in subsection (c), a newborn infant's blood sample taken
under subsection (a)(1) must be collected not earlier than twenty-four
(24) hours after birth.
(c) If a newborn infant is discharged before the time set forth in
subsection (b), the blood sample must be collected not earlier than
immediately before the infant's discharge, and a second blood sample
must be collected after forty-eight (48) hours but not later than one
hundred twenty (120) hours after birth.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-6-6(b).]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24. Amended by P.L.91-1999, SEC.4; P.L.38-2018, SEC.1.