OAR 333-024-1030
Newborn Screening: Timing for Collecting Specimens

(1) The facility or individual responsible for collecting specimens for newborn screening under OAR 333-024-1020 (Newborn Screening: Persons Responsible for Ensuring that First Specimens are Collected and Submitted) and OAR 333-024-1025 (Newborn Screening: Persons Responsible for Ensuring that Second, Third and Repeat Specimens are Collected and Submitted) must collect newborn screening specimens from every infant born in Oregon, and surviving more than two days, unless exempt according to OAR 333-024-1050 (Newborn Screening: Religious Exemption from Newborn Testing), as follows:
(a) The first specimen shall be collected as soon as possible after 24 hours of age but before 48 hours of age.
(b) The second specimen shall be collected between 10 and 14 days of age.
(c) Repeat specimens shall be collected if requested by the Oregon State Public Health Laboratory.
(2) For an infant discharged from a hospital or freestanding birthing center before 24 hours of age:
(a) The first specimen shall be collected just prior to discharge from the facility.
(b) The second specimen shall be collected between 10 and 14 days of age.
(c) Repeat specimens shall be collected if requested by the Oregon State Public Health Laboratory.
(3) For an infant requiring admission to a neonatal intensive care unit:
(a) A first specimen shall be collected at 24 hours of age or prior to transfusion (if transfusion occurs before 24 hours of age).
(b) A second specimen shall be collected as follows:
(A) On infants who were transfused prior to 24 hours of age a second specimen shall be collected between 48 and 72 hours of age.
(B) On infants who were not transfused prior to 24 hours of age a second specimen shall be collected between 10 and 14 days of age.
(c) A third specimen shall be collected on these infants at approximately one month after birth, but not before 28 days, regardless of whether they still reside in the NICU or have been discharged.
(d) Repeat specimens shall be collected and submitted to the Oregon State Public Health Laboratory at their request.
(4) If an infant under six months of age enters the care of a practitioner and the practitioner is unable to determine whether the infant has been tested in accordance with these rules, a specimen shall be collected and sent to the Oregon State Public Health Laboratory within two weeks of the first visit to the practitioner.

Source: Rule 333-024-1030 — Newborn Screening: Timing for Collecting Specimens, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=333-024-1030.

333–024–0005
Purpose 333–024–0010
Definitions 333–024–0012
Licensure 333–024–0016
Licensure Categories 333–024–0020
Licensure for Performance of Laboratory Specialties 333–024–0021
Qualifications and Responsibilities of Directors for High Complexity Laboratories 333–024–0022
Qualifications and Responsibilities for Director of Moderate Complexity Laboratories 333–024–0023
Qualifications and Responsibilities of Consultants, Supervisors and Testing Personnel for Moderate and High Complexity Laboratories 333–024–0026
Equipment and Facilities 333–024–0035
Internal Quality Control for Moderate and High Complexity Laboratories 333–024–0037
Specialty and Subspecialty Quality Control 333–024–0040
External Quality Control (Proficiency Testing Programs and On-Site Inspections) 333–024–0043
Quality Assurance 333–024–0045
Venereal Disease Testing 333–024–0050
Records and Reports 333–024–0053
Accreditation Organizations and Accredited Laboratories 333–024–0055
Incompetence 333–024–0260
Alpha-Fetoprotein Testing and Other Serum and Amniotic Fluid Based Markers for Congenital/Genetic Defects: Purpose 333–024–0265
Alpha-Fetoprotein Testing and Other Serum and Amniotic Fluid Based Markers for Congenital/Genetic Defects: Procedure 333–024–0305
Testing for Substances of Abuse: Purpose and Scope 333–024–0310
Testing for Substances of Abuse: Definitions 333–024–0315
Testing for Substances of Abuse: Licensure 333–024–0320
Testing for Substances of Abuse: Qualifications and Responsibilities of Directors 333–024–0325
Testing for Substances of Abuse: Incompetence 333–024–0330
Testing for Substances of Abuse: Specimen Collection, Chain of Custody, Records, and Reports 333–024–0335
Testing for Substances of Abuse: Internal Quality Assurance 333–024–0340
Testing for Substances of Abuse: External Quality Control (Proficiency Testing Program and On-Site Inspections) 333–024–0345
Testing for Substances of Abuse: Confirmatory Testing 333–024–0350
Testing for Substances of Abuse: Equipment and Facilities 333–024–0360
Testing for Substances of Abuse: Special Category Laboratories 333–024–0365
Testing for Substances of Abuse: Substance of Abuse Registration 333–024–0370
Health Screen Testing: Purpose 333–024–0375
Health Screen Testing: Definitions 333–024–0380
Health Screen Testing: Permits 333–024–0385
Health Screen Testing: Testing Site Schedule 333–024–0390
Health Screen Testing: Personnel Qualifications and Responsibilities 333–024–0395
Health Screen Testing: Tests Performed 333–024–0400
Health Screen Testing: Quality Assurance 333–024–1000
Newborn Screening: Purpose 333–024–1010
Newborn Screening: Definitions 333–024–1020
Newborn Screening: Persons Responsible for Ensuring that First Specimens are Collected and Submitted 333–024–1025
Newborn Screening: Persons Responsible for Ensuring that Second, Third and Repeat Specimens are Collected and Submitted 333–024–1030
Newborn Screening: Timing for Collecting Specimens 333–024–1040
Newborn Screening: Manner of Submitting Specimens 333–024–1050
Newborn Screening: Religious Exemption from Newborn Testing 333–024–1060
Newborn Screening: Improperly Collected Specimens 333–024–1070
Newborn Screening: The Newborn Screening Panel and Methods of Testing 333–024–1080
Newborn Screening: Result Reporting and Follow-up 333–024–1090
Newborn Screening: Use, Release and Retention of Residual Specimens 333–024–1100
Newborn Screening: Ordering Specimen Collection Kits and Fees 333–024–1110
Newborn Screening: Failure to Comply 333–024–2000
Fees for Communicable Disease Tests Performed in the State Laboratory
Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

Rule 333-024-1030’s source at or​.us