§ 25-17-00.1 — Definitions

North Dakota § 25-17-00.1

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 25: Mental and Physical Illness or Disability
• Ch. 25-17: Testing and Treatment of Newborns

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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Confirmatory-diagnostic testing" means testing to prove or disprove the presence of a
specific metabolic disease or genetic disease.
2. "Confirmatory-diagnostic testing laboratory" means a laboratory performing
confirmatory-diagnostic testing.
3. "Department" means the department of health and human services.
4. "Licensed clinician" means a currently licensed physician, physician assistant, or
advanced practice registered nurse.
5. "Low-protein modified food product" means a food product that is specially formulated
to have less than one gram of protein per serving and is intended to be used under the
direction of a licensed clinician for the dietary treatment of a metabolic disease. The
term does not include a natural food that is naturally low in protein.
6. "Medical food" means a food that is intended for the dietary treatment of a disease or
condition for which nutritional requirements are established by medical evaluation and
is formulated to be consumed or administered under the direction of a licensed
clinician.
7. "Metabolic disease" and "genetic disease" mean a disease as designated by rule of
the department for which early identification and timely intervention will lead to a
significant reduction in mortality, morbidity, and associated disabilities.
8. "Newborn screening program" means a program facilitating access to appropriate
testing, followup, diagnosis, intervention, management, evaluation, and education
regarding metabolic diseases and genetic diseases identified in newborns.
9. "Out-of-range screening result" means a screening result that is outside of the
expected range of testing results established for a particular disease.
10. "Responsible clinician" means the licensed clinician, midwife, naturopath, or birth
attendant attending a newborn.
11. "Screening" means initial testing of a newborn for the possible presence of metabolic
disease or genetic disease.
12. "Screening laboratory" means the laboratory the department selects to perform
screening.