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

Indiana Statutes

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

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

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.]

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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.]

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