Alabama § 22-20-2 Prevention of Infantile Blindness

Alabama Statutes

§ 22-20-2 — Prevention of Infantile Blindness

Alabama § 22-20-2

Title 22Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control

Ch. 20Miscellaneous Health Laws

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Bluebook

Ala. Code § 22-20-2 (2026).

Text

Any physician, midwife, nurse or other person in attendance on a confinement case shall, within two hours after the birth of the child, use one of the following prophylactic solutions for the prevention of infantile blindness or ophthalmia neonatorum, two drops of the solution to be dropped in each eye after the eyelids have been opened:

(1)A one percent fresh solution of nitrate of silver, or

(2)Such other solution as may be prescribed by the State Board of Health.

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Any physician, midwife, nurse or other person in attendance on a confinement case shall, within two hours after the birth of the child, use one of the following prophylactic solutions for the prevention of infantile blindness or ophthalmia neonatorum, two drops of the solution to be dropped in each eye after the eyelids have been opened:
(1) A one percent fresh solution of nitrate of silver, or
(2) Such other solution as may be prescribed by the State Board of Health.