410 Ind. Admin. Code 1-6-7.1

Current through November 6, 2024
Section 410 IAC 1-6-7.1 - Newborn testing in the event of maternal refusal

Authority: IC 16-41-6-11

Affected: IC 16-41-6-4

Sec. 7.1.

If the woman who bore the child has not had a test performed for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or if the mother has refused a test for the newborn infant to detect HIV or the antibody or antigen to HIV and a physician believes that testing the newborn infant is medically necessary, the physician overseeing the care of the newborn infant may order a confidential test for the newborn infant in order to detect HIV under IC 16-41-6-4. The test must be ordered at the earliest feasible time not exceeding forty-eight (48) hours after the birth of the infant. The mother shall be notified of the test and the result of the test.

410 IAC 1-6-7.1

Indiana State Department of Health; 410 IAC 1-6-7.1; filed May 4, 2012, 10:17 a.m.: 20120530-IR-410110458FRA
Readopted filed 9/13/2017, 4:08 p.m.: 20171011-IR-410170339RFA
Readopted filed 11/28/2023, 11:25 a.m.: 20231227-IR-410230648RFA