§ 25-17-03 — Treatment for positive diagnosis - Registry of cases

The department shall:
1. Notify responsible clinicians regarding cases with out-of-range screening results or
positive confirmatory-diagnostic testing results in order to facilitate access to
appropriate treatment. If the responsible clinician is not a licensed clinician, the
responsible clinician shall refer the patient to a licensed clinician for appropriate
followup care.
2. Refer every diagnosed case of a metabolic disease or genetic disease to a licensed
clinician for necessary treatment.
3. Maintain a registry of cases of metabolic diseases and genetic diseases.
4. Provide medical food at no cost to males under age twenty-six and females under age
forty-five who are diagnosed with phenylketonuria or maple syrup urine disease,
regardless of income. If treatment services under this subsection are provided to an
individual by the department, the department may seek reimbursement from any
government program that provides coverage to that individual for the treatment
services provided by the department.
5. Offer for sale at cost medical food to females age forty-five and over and to males age
twenty-six and over who are diagnosed with phenylketonuria or maple syrup urine
disease, regardless of income. These individuals are responsible for payment to the
department for the cost of medical food.
6. Provide low-protein modified food products, if medically necessary as determined by a
qualified health care provider, to females under age forty-five and males under age
twenty-six who are receiving medical assistance and are diagnosed with
phenylketonuria or maple syrup urine disease.