District of Columbia § 7-801 Prophylactic solution to be administered.

District of Columbia Statutes

§ 7-801 — Prophylactic solution to be administered.

District of Columbia § 7-801

Title 7Human Health Care and Safety.

Ch. 8Prevention of Blindness in Infants.

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D.C. Code § 7-801 (2026).

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The Mayor may, upon the advice of the Director of the Department of Health and pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 , issue rules to prevent and monitor the occurrence of ophthalmia in newborns. Unless the Mayor provides otherwise, each physician, certified midwife, certified professional midwife, or certified nurse-midwife who delivers or otherwise assumes the initial care of a newborn shall, immediately upon that delivery or assumption of care, administer to each eye of the newborn a 1% solution of silver nitrate, an ophthalmic ointment containing either 1% tetracycline or 0.5% erythromycin, or another prophylactic approved by the Mayor.

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The Mayor may, upon the advice of the Director of the Department of Health and pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 , issue rules to prevent and monitor the occurrence of ophthalmia in newborns. Unless the Mayor provides otherwise, each physician, certified midwife, certified professional midwife, or certified nurse-midwife who delivers or otherwise assumes the initial care of a newborn shall, immediately upon that delivery or assumption of care, administer to each eye of the newborn a 1% solution of silver nitrate, an ophthalmic ointment containing either 1% tetracycline or 0.5% erythromycin, or another prophylactic approved by the Mayor.