Section 16-41-15-10 - Syphilis testing during pregnancy; duty of physician 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.
As added by P.L. 2-1993, SEC.24. Amended by P.L. 255-1996, SEC.16.