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

SERIES: 30744
TITLE: Dried blood spot cards
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. The records contain sample identification numbers. No patient demographic information is attached.

RETENTION

Retain for 7 year(s)

DISPOSITION

Destroy.

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

Retention and disposition for this series is authorized by Archives general schedule Patient and client case files, GRS-1706

AUTHORIZED: 04/24/2024

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in Office for 7 years and then destroy.

APPRAISAL

Administrative

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

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

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