West Virginia Code § 16-22B-3

Determination of birth score; referral to physician
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(a) Any hospital or birthing facility in which an infant is born, any physician attending the
infant, or any other person attending the infant if not under the care of a physician, shall
require and ensure that a birth score is determined for the newborn infant in order to assess
the level of risk for postneonatal mortality, debilitating conditions and developmental delays:
Provided, That no birth score shall be determined or birth score program imeplemented if the
parent or guardian objects to the birth score program on the grounds that it conflicts with
their religious tenets and practices. Any infant delivered at a nonlicensred facility, including,
but not limited to, home births, shall have a birth score determined by the child's primary
physician within ten days of birth, subject to the exception set forth in this subsection.
(b) When any infant receives a high risk birth score, as detertmined by the program
established by this article, the parents shall be informed of the birth score and its
implications, and then linked with a local primary care physician for a recommended six
visits in the first six months of the infant's life.
(c) The division of health, in cooperation with sother state departments and agencies, may
provide necessary medical and other referrals for services related to infants determined to
be at high risk for postneonatal mortality and other debilitating conditions and
developmental delays. g

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