Guam § 4103 - Definitions.

§ 4103. Definitions.

(a) >Infant= means a child who is not a newborn and has not attained the

age of one (1) year.

(b) >Newborn= means a child up to twenty-eight (28) days old.

(c) >Child= means a person up to twenty-one (21) years of age.

(d) >Parent= means a natural parent, stepparent, adoptive parents,

guardian, or custodian of a newborn or infant.

(e) >Birth Admission= means the time after birth that the newborn

remains in the hospital nursery prior to discharge.

(f) >ICC Subcommittee= means the subcommittee of the Guam

Interagency Coordinating Council of the Guam Early Intervention System

tasked with monitoring newborn hearing screening, tracking, and

intervention.

(g) >False Positive Rate= means the proportion of infants identified as

having a significant hearing loss by the screening process who are

ultimately found to not have a significant hearing loss.

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(h) >False Negative Rate= means the proportion of infants not identified

as having a significant hearing loss by the screening process who are

ultimately found to have a significant hearing loss.

(i) >Health Care Insurer= means any entity regulated by the

Commissioner of Banking and Insurance, including, but not limited to,

health care insurers; health, hospital or medical service plan corporations; or

health maintenance organizations. Health care insurer does not include self-

insured plans or groups regulated by the Employment Retirement Income

Security Act of 1974 (>ERISA=), to the extent that Guam regulation of such

plans is preempted by ERISA.

(j) >Health Insurance Policy= means any health insurance policy,

contract, plan, or evidence of coverage issued by a health care insurer,

which provides medical coverage on an expense incurred, service or prepaid

basis.

(k) >Hearing Screening Test= means automated auditory brainstem

response, otoacoustic emissions, or any other appropriate screening test as

recommended by national professional medical and health organizations

and approved by the DPH&SS.

(l) >Health Care Facility= means any institution, building or agency

whether public or private (for-profit or non-profit) that is used or designed

to provide health care services, medical treatment or preventive care to any

person or persons.

(m) >Hearing Loss== means a hearing loss of twenty-five (25) dB HL or

greater in the frequency region important for speech recognition and

comprehension in one or both ears (approximately 500 through 4000 Hz).