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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="18-307" title_number="18" title_name="Disease Prevention" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Specific Diseases">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section does not apply to a woman who objects to a standard serological syphilis test because the test is against the religious beliefs and practices of the woman.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The health care provider attending a woman for pregnancy shall submit to a medical laboratory:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A blood sample taken from the woman at the time that the health care provider first examines the woman;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A blood sample taken from the woman in the third trimester at:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>The prenatal visit at 28 weeks of gestation; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>The first prenatal visit after 28 weeks of gestation; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <level label="1">
          <text>A blood sample taken from the woman who delivers a live born infant at the time of delivery; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>A blood sample taken from the woman who delivers a stillborn infant:</text>
        </level>
        <level label="A">
          <text>At 20 weeks of gestation or later; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="B">
          <text>Weighing at least 500 grams.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The medical laboratory to which a blood sample is submitted shall do a standard serological syphilis test that is approved by the Department.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A hospital shall determine the syphilis serologic status of the mother before discharging the newborn for the purposes of neonatal evaluation and treatment.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Department may adopt rules, regulations, and standards under this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
