Section 67A Premature infants; notice to department - Massachusetts Statutes

Section 67A. Within ten days after the birth of any infant weighing twenty-five hundred grams or less or any infant with a high risk problem as defined by the department, each hospital or in the case of a birth outside of a hospital, the person responsible for delivery shall file a written notice of such birth on a form with the department. Said department shall promulgate rules which shall define the high risk problems and shall provide such reporting forms, and shall set forth the procedure to be followed when making such reports. An annual report shall be prepared on the status of premature and high risk infants. Such notices and reports shall be for the use of the department and its programs and shall not constitute a public record.