Ohio § 3701.46 Statement on certificate

Ohio Statutes

§ 3701.46 — Statement on certificate

Ohio § 3701.46

Title 37Health-Safety-Morals

Ch. 3701Department of Health

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 3701.46 (2026).

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In reporting every birth and fetal death,  physicians, certified nurse-midwives, and others required to make  the reports shall state on the birth or fetal death certificate,  as the case may be, whether approved tests for syphilis and  gonorrhea have been made in an approved laboratory upon specimens  taken from the woman who bore the child for which the certificate  is filed, and the approximate date when the specimens were taken.  If the tests were not made, the physician, certified  nurse-midwife, or other person shall state the reasons why the  tests were not made. In no event shall the results of the tests be  stated on the birth or fetal death certificate.

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In reporting every birth and fetal death, physicians, certified nurse-midwives, and others required to make the reports shall state on the birth or fetal death certificate, as the case may be, whether approved tests for syphilis and gonorrhea have been made in an approved laboratory upon specimens taken from the woman who bore the child for which the certificate is filed, and the approximate date when the specimens were taken. If the tests were not made, the physician, certified nurse-midwife, or other person shall state the reasons why the tests were not made. In no event shall the results of the tests be stated on the birth or fetal death certificate.