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2017 Mississippi Code
Title 41 - Public Health
Chapter 35 - Eye Inflammation of Young
§ 41-35-9. Duty of those in attendance at childbirth to use prophylactic in eyes of new born
Universal Citation: MS Code § 41-35-9 (2017)
It shall be the duty of the physicians, midwives, or other persons in attendance upon a case of childbirth in a maternity home, hospital, public or charitable institution, in every infant immediately after birth, to use some prophylactic against inflammation of the eyes of the new born and to make record of the prophylactic used. It shall be the duty of such institution to maintain such records of cases of inflammation of the eyes of the new born as the state board of health shall direct.
It shall be the duty of a midwife in every case of childbirth under her care, immediately after birth, to use such prophylactic against inflammation of the eyes of the new born as the state board of health requires.
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