2000 Minnesota Statutes

     144.125 Tests of infants for inborn metabolic errors. 

    It is the duty of (1) the administrative officer or other 
 person in charge of each institution caring for infants 28 days 
 or less of age, (2) the person required in pursuance of the 
 provisions of section 144.215, to register the birth of a child, 
 or (3) the nurse midwife or midwife in attendance at the birth, 
 to arrange to have administered to every infant or child in its 
 care tests for inborn errors of metabolism in accordance with 
 rules prescribed by the state commissioner of health.  In 
 determining which tests must be administered, the commissioner 
 shall take into consideration the adequacy of laboratory methods 
 to detect the inborn metabolic error, the ability to treat or 
 prevent medical conditions caused by the inborn metabolic error, 
 and the severity of the medical conditions caused by the inborn 
 metabolic error.  Testing and the recording and reporting of 
 test results shall be performed at the times and in the manner 
 prescribed by the commissioner of health.  The commissioner 
 shall charge laboratory service fees so that the total of fees 
 collected will approximate the costs of conducting the tests and 
 implementing and maintaining a system to follow-up infants with 
 inborn metabolic errors.  Costs associated with capital 
 expenditures and the development of new procedures may be 
 prorated over a three-year period when calculating the amount of 
 the fees. 

    HIST: 1965 c 205 s 1; 1977 c 305 s 45; 1Sp1981 c 4 art 1 s 75; 
 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 689 art 2 s 31; 1994 c 636 
 art 2 s 2; 1997 c 203 art 2 s 11; 1997 c 205 s 19