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10 GCA § 4101 Short Title
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This Act shall be known and may be cited as the >Universal Newborn Hearing Screening and Intervention Act (UNHSIA) of 2004.
10 GCA § 4102 Legislative Findings and Intent
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I Liheslaturan Guåhan hereby finds that significant hearing loss is one of the most common major abnormalities present at birth and, if undetected, will impede the child=s speech, language, and cognitive development. Screening by high-risk characteristics alone (e.g., family hist…
10 GCA § 4103 Definitions
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(a) >Infant= means a child who is not a newborn and has not attained the age of one (1) year. (b) >Newborn= means a child up to twenty-eight (28) days old. (c) >Child= means a person up to twenty-one (21) years of age. (d) >Parent= means a natural parent, stepparent, adoptive par…
10 GCA § 4104 Newborn and Infant Hearing Screening Programs
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(a) Each health care facility shall establish a universal newborn hearing screening program which shall include, but not be limited to: (1) in advance of any hearing screening testing, providing to the newborn's or infant's parent(s), information concerning the nature of the scre…