Georgia § 31-17-4 - Serologic tests of pregnant women.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 31-17-4 — Serologic tests of pregnant women., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 31-17-4. Serologic tests of pregnant women.
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. (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 511-5-4.
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