442.560 - Hearing screening not required if parent or legal guardian of newborn child objects in writing; written objection to be placed in medical file of newborn child. - Nevada Statutes

442.560  Hearing screening not required if parent or legal guardian of newborn child objects in writing; written objection to be placed in medical file of newborn child.  A newborn child may be discharged from the licensed hospital or obstetric center in which he or she was born without having undergone a required hearing screening or having been referred for a hearing screening if a parent or legal guardian of the newborn child objects in writing to the hearing screening. The hospital or obstetric center shall place the written objection of the parent or legal guardian to the hearing screening in the medical file of the newborn child.

      (Added to NRS by 2001, 2461)