§ 16-41-15-10 — Syphilis testing during pregnancy; duty of physician

Indiana § 16-41-15-10

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 16: HEALTH
• Art. 41: PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES FOR THE
• Ch. 15: Communicable Disease: Prevention and Control of

Text

A physician who diagnoses a pregnancy of
a woman shall take or cause to be taken a sample of blood:
(1) at the time of diagnosis of pregnancy; and
(2) during the third trimester of pregnancy, if the woman belongs
to a high risk population for which the Centers for Disease
Control “Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines"
recommend a third trimester syphilis testing;
and shall submit each sample to an approved laboratory for a standard
serological test for syphilis.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-11-12.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24. Amended by P.L.255-1996, SEC.16.