O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 31-17-4 (2019)

Serologic tests of pregnant women

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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The department may require every pregnant woman to submit to a standard serologic test, as defined by the department, and may require any person attending or giving prenatal care to such woman to take or cause to be taken a blood specimen for use in such test. Such specimens shall be submitted for laboratory testing in the manner prescribed by the department; and all laboratories conducting such tests shall comply with the rules, regulations, and reporting requirements prescribed therefor by the department.

History

Ga. L. 1943, p. 599, §§ 1, 2; Code 1933, § 88-1606, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1. Administrative rules and regulations. - Serologic test for syphilis for

pregnant women, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia Department of Public Health, Health Promotion, Subject

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES C.J.S. - 39A C.J.S., Health and Environment, § 28 et seq. ALR. - Constitutionality, construction, and application of statutes, ordinances,

and regulations concerning the prevention and cure of venereal diseases, 127 A.L.R. 421.