New Mexico

Newborn Screening Contact Information

  NBS Laboratory
  Cheryl Hermerath, MBA, DLM(ASCP), RM(NRM)
  cheryl.a.hermerath@state.or.us
  503-229-6576

   Follow-up Program
   Carla Ortiz
   carlaa.ortiz@state.nm.us
   505-841-2587

Click here to go to this program's newborn screening website

Approximate Births
27,300

Major Racial/Ethnic Groups
White: 83%                         American Indian: 14%
African American: 2%          Asian/Pacific islander: 1%

Hispanic Ethnicity: 25%  (may also be included in race categories above)

New Mexico Statute
N.M. Stat. Ann. 7 § 30.6.2, et seq. (1996) - addresses newborn screening program.
For more information click on this link: National Conference of State Legislators

Screening Requirements
Initial and second screen required by law on all infants.

NBS Fee: $89.00

Parent/Consumer Resources

   March of Dimes

   Save Babies Through Screening Foundation

   Laboratories Offering Expanded Screening

Disorders

Click here for a list of disorders states screen for

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