Virginia Statutes
§ 32.1-62 — Procedure upon infant's birth
Virginia § 32.1-62
JurisdictionVirginia
Title 32.1HEALTH
Ch. 2DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL
Art. 6PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS FROM OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM
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Va. Code Ann. § 32.1-62 (2026).
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In order to prevent ophthalmia neonatorum, the physician, nurse or midwife in charge of the delivery of a baby or, if none, the first attending physician shall, immediately after the baby's birth, perform upon such baby the procedure prescribed by the Board. Such action shall be duly recorded in the medical record of the baby.
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Legislative History
Code 1950, § 32-107; 1979, c. 711.
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