2005 Idaho Code - 39-1001 — SEROLOGICAL TEST OF PREGNANT OR RECENTLY-DELIVERED WOMEN

                                  TITLE  39
                              HEALTH AND SAFETY
                                  CHAPTER 10
                      PREVENTION OF CONGENITAL SYPHILIS
    39-1001.  SEROLOGICAL TEST OF PREGNANT OR RECENTLY-DELIVERED WOMEN. Every
licensed physician attending a pregnant woman for a condition relating to her
pregnancy, or at delivery, or after delivery for a condition relating to her
pregnancy, shall in the case of every woman so attended, take or cause to be
taken a sample of blood of such woman at the time of first examination or
within fifteen (15) days thereafter, and shall submit such sample to the
laboratory of the department of health and welfare or to a laboratory approved
by the director of the department, for a standard serological test for
syphilis. In submitting such sample to the laboratory, the physician shall
specify whether it is for a prenatal test or a test following recent delivery.
The laboratory of the department of health and welfare shall analyze such
sample upon the request of any licensed physician and may collect a fee for
the performance of such analyses.