AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services. Utah Public Health Laboratory. Newborn Screening

SERIES: 30744
TITLE: Dried blood spot cards with consent
DATES: 1979-
ARRANGEMENT: Chronological by laboratory accession number.

DESCRIPTION: These records support the agency's function to screen newborns for "heritable disorders which may result in an intellectual or physical disability, or death" (Utah Code 26B-4-319 (1) (2023)).These records are the blood spot cards from the newborn screen test kits which have received legal guardian consent for retention. Dried blood spot cards which have not yet received consent fall under series #31177: Dried blood spot cards without consent. The records contain sample identification numbers. No patient demographic information is attached.

RETENTION

Retain for 7 year(s) or until expiration of contractual agreement

DISPOSITION

Destroy.

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

Retention and disposition for this series were specifically approved by the Records Management Committee.

APPROVED: 04/2025

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in Office for 7 years or until destruction form received from legal guardian and then destroy.

APPRAISAL

Administrative

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Exempt. Utah Code 26B-8-406 (2023)

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