Maryland Health - General Section 18-307

      (a)      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.

      (b)      (1)      The individual attending a woman for pregnancy shall submit to a medical laboratory:

                  (i)      A blood sample taken from the woman at the time that the individual first examines the woman; and

                  (ii)      A blood sample taken from the woman during the third trimester of the pregnancy.

            (2)      The medical laboratory to which a blood sample is submitted shall do a standard serological syphilis test that is approved by the Department.