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≤10 days
This is how long the hospital or coordinator has to notify the pediatrician of the hearing screening results
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If the hospital or coordinator can’t locate the pediatrician, the family becomes responsible for turning in the hearing screening results and relevant documents to their primary care physician
≤15 days
If the hearing screening results recommend an audiologic evaluation, the pediatrician has 15 days to make a referral
No hospital? No problem.
If a newborn is born outside of a hospital, that does not change a family’s right to a hearing screening. Any hospital with a hearing screening program is required to offer a hearing screening no more than 6 days after a family requests it.
Adapted from ( Department of Health, 2004 )