Syphilis testing during pregnancy; duty of physician

Ind. Code § 16-41-15-10, under Chapter 15. Communicable Disease: Prevention and Control of Venereal Diseases.

Ind. Code § 16-41-15-10

Sec. 10. 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.