Re: Triple screening in California

From: kim delaney (kimdelaney32@hotmail.com)
Sun Jun 12 08:36:50 2005


All patients are offered Quad screening but, have the right to decline the test in California. If the patient has a positive test then the California state pays for it free of charge.

<br><br><br>>From: gormanm@fcm.ucsf.edu (Michael Gorman)<br>>Reply-To: ultrasound@obgyn.net<br>>To: Multiple recipients of list ULTRASOUND <ultrasound@dns.obgyn.net><br>>Subject: Re: Triple screening in California<br>>Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 02:53:52 -0500<br>><br>>At Wed, 12 Aug 1998, Joseph A Worrall wrote:<br>> ><br>> >To Onebornjoy: I hope someone from California will answer this. It is my<br>> >understanding (and I may be wrong) that there is a law in the State of<br>> >California that requires that all pregnant women have serum testing for<br>> >aneuploidy +ACY- NTD during their pregnancy. This has been in effect for a<br>> >number of years, and thus there is a good deal of data available. I believe<br>> >the labs that do the serum testing have to be certified by the State of<br>> >California, there are prescribed protocols for followup of results. I seems<br>> >to me I heard somewhere that when ultrasound is part of the protocols, that<br>> >only certain ultrasound labs can be used.<br>> ><br>> >We also have laws that require testing of newborns for phenylketoneuria, and<br>> >we have laws that require treatment of newborns eyes to prevent neonatal<br>> >ophthalmia, etc. I guess you could argue that any law passed to protect the<br>> >public health is an invasion of someone's rights.<br>> ><br>> >--<br>> >Joseph A Worrall MD RDMS<br>> ><br>><br>




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