California Newborn Screening Program

Information for County Birth Registrars

County birth registrars are required to notify persons registering the birth of a baby born outside of licensed perinatal health facilities of newborn screening. The birth registrar must provide the person registering the birth with the pamphlet Important Information for Parents About the Newborn Screening Test and information about how to have the baby tested. The registrars are also required to notify the NBS Program of these births and must complete and send the NBS-OH form (Notification of Registration of Birth Which Occurred Out of a Licensed Health Facility) to GDB.

Notification of Registration of Birth Which Occurred Outside of a Licensed Health Facility (NBS-OH)

Used by county birth registrars to report babies born outside of a licensed health facility

Important Information For Parents of Infants Who Have Not Yet Had the Newborn Screening Test (PDF, English)   ...Spanish

Birth registrars are required to give this pamphlet to the person registering the birth of a baby born outside of a licensed health facility and not admitted to a hospital within 30 days of the birth.

To order these forms, please call (510) 412-1542.