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2017 Georgia Code
Title 31 - Health
Chapter 17 - Control of Venereal Disease
§ 31-17-5. Prophylactic treatment at childbirth
Universal Citation: GA Code § 31-17-5 (2017)
It shall be the duty of any person who shall be in attendance on any childbirth to apply to the child such prophylactic treatment as may be prescribed by the department to prevent blindness from gonococcus infection and otherwise to comply with such rules, regulations, and reporting requirements as shall be prescribed by the department.
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