31-17-4. Serologic tests of pregnant women.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

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.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

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 Tests for Pregnant Women, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia Department of Public Health, Health Promotion, Rule 511-5-4-.01 et seq.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

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