(a) Whenever a perinatal licensed health facility determines that a discharged newborn has not received the mandated tests, the facility shall contact the newborn's physician by telephone to inform him/her that a specimen must be obtained and immediately send written notification to the newborn's physician and the Department. If the newborn's physician cannot be contacted or will not obtain a specimen, the perinatal licensed health facility shall notify the Department-approved Newborn Screening Area Service Center by telephone and shall send written notification within five days to the Newborn Screening Area Service Center and the Department.

(b) When the newborn's physician is notified by telephone by the perinatal licensed health facility that a newborn was discharged from the perinatal licensed health facility before a specimen was taken, the newborn's physician shall make every reasonable effort to have a specimen obtained within five days of notification. If the newborn's physician cannot obtain the specimen, the Newborn Screening Area Service Center shall be notified by the newborn's physician by telephone. Such telephone notification shall be noted in the newborn's physician's records, specifying the date of notification, the person notified and the information provided.