N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 10 §§ 69-2.2

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 41, October 9, 2024
Section 69-2.2 - Cord blood test for syphilis

Every responsible physician or birth attendant shall acquire from all infants born, whether alive or dead after 22 weeks gestation, a sample of blood from the umbilical cord and submit it to an approved laboratory for standard serological tests for syphilis. If body blood from the mother is tested for syphilis at the time of birth, the cord blood test requirement shall be waived if the infant's body blood is tested after any positive test result of the mother's blood.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 10 §§ 69-2.2

Amended New York State Register November 13, 2019/Volume XLI, Issue 46, eff. 11/13/2019