Section 3Sec./Art. 3

Objectives. - The objectives of the National Newborn Screening System are:

1) To ensure that every newborn has access to newborn screening for certain heritable conditions that can result in mental retardation, serious health complications or death if left undetected and untreated;

2) To establish and integrate a sustainable newborn screening system within the public health delivery system;

3) To ensure that all health practitioners are aware of the advantages of newborn screening and of their respective responsibilities in offering newborns the opportunity to undergo newborn screening; and

4) To ensure that parents recognize their responsibility in promoting their child's right to health and full development, within the context of responsible parenthood, by protecting their child from preventable causes of disability and death through newborn screening.

ARTICLE 2

DEFINITION OF TERMS