California Health and Safety Code 124118.5 – (a) The department shall establish a system of early hearing …
(a) The department shall establish a system of early hearing detection and intervention centers that shall provide technical assistance and consultation to hospitals in the startup and ongoing implementation of a facility hearing screening program and followup system.
(b) The early hearing detection and intervention centers shall be chosen by the department according to standards and criteria developed by the California Children’s Services (CCS) program. Each center shall be responsible for a separate geographic catchment area as determined by the program.
Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 124118.5
- CCS: means the California Children's Services program administered through the State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 124116
- Department: means the State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 124116
- Hearing loss: means a hearing loss of 30 decibels or greater in the frequency region important for speech recognition and comprehension in one or both ears (from 500 through 4000 Hz). See California Health and Safety Code 124116
- Infant: means a child 29 days through 12 months old. See California Health and Safety Code 124116
- Intervention services: means the early intervention services described in Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U. See California Health and Safety Code 124116
- Newborn: means a child less than 29 days old. See California Health and Safety Code 124116
(c) Each center shall be required to develop a system that shall provide outreach and education to hospitals in its catchment area, approve hospitals on behalf of the department for participation as newborn hearing screening providers, maintain a database of all newborns and infants screened in the catchment area, ensure appropriate followup for newborns and infants with an abnormal hearing screening, including diagnostic evaluation and referral to intervention services programs if the newborn or infant is found to have a hearing loss, and provide coordination with the CCS and local early intervention programs as defined in Title 14 (commencing with Section 95000) of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 335, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2007. Operative January 1, 2008, by Sec. 5 of Ch. 335.)