Mtl (Newborn Screening)

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Republic Act 9288 was approved?

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April 7, 2004

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RA 9288 is also known as?

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Newborn Screening Act of 2004

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Article 1

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General Provisions

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Section 1

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Short title

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Section 2

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Declaration of policy

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Section 3

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Objectives

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Article 2

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Definition of terms

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Definitions

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Means a newborn screening system that includes, but is not limited to, education of relevant stakeholders; collection and biochemical screening of blood samples taken from newborns; tracking and confirmatory testing to ensure the accuracy of screening results;

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Comprehensive Newborn Screening System

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Means the monitoring of a newborn with a heritable condition for the purpose of ensuring that the newborn patient complies fully with with the medicine of dietary prescriptions;

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Follow-up

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Mean hospitals, health infirmaries, health centers, lying-in centers or puericulture centers with obstetrical and pediatric services, whether public or private;

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Health institutions

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Means physicians, nurses, midwives, nursing aides and traditional birth attendants;

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Healthcare practitioner

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Means any condition that can result in mental retardation, physical deformity or death if left undetected and untreated and which is usually inherited from the genes of either or both biological parents of the newborn;

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Heritable condition

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NIH means?

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National Institute of Health

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Means a child from the time of complete delivery to 30 years old;

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Newborn