AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services. Utah Public Health Laboratory. Newborn Screening
SERIES: 82242
TITLE: Demographic 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 (2022)). These records are the completed demographic cards provided in the newborn screen test kits and data generated from testing of the blood spots. Demographic card records include identifiable information for the mother, infant, and medical provider. Computer data file records include laboratory results from the blood spot testing.
RETENTION
Retain for 21 year(s)
DISPOSITION
Destroy.
RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION
Retention and disposition for this series were specifically approved by the State Records Committee.
APPROVED: 12/1987
FORMAT MANAGEMENT
Paper: Retain in Office for 1 year and then transfer to State Records Center. Retain in State Records Center for 20 years and then destroy.
Computer data files: Retain in Office for 21 years and then delete.
APPRAISAL
Administrative
PRIMARY DESIGNATION
Exempt. Utah Code 26B-8-406 (2023)