Section 34-24-9 - Reports of cases of ophthalmia neonatorum. - South-dakota Statutes

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34-24-9. Reports of cases of ophthalmia neonatorum. It shall be the duty of any physician, surgeon, obstetrician, nurse, parent, manager, or person in charge of any maternity home or hospital of any nature where births occur, or any person or persons attending upon or assisting in any way whatsoever any infant or the mother of any infant at childbirth or at any time within two weeks after childbirth, observing in such infant any symptoms of ophthalmia neonatorum, to report such condition within eight hours thereafter, in writing or by telephone followed by a written report, to the local health officer of the municipality, or other political subdivision within which such infant may be.

Source: SL 1925, ch 256, § 2; SDC 1939, § 27.2302; SL 1992, ch 60, § 2.

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34-24-9. Reports of cases of ophthalmia neonatorum. It shall be the duty of any physician, surgeon, obstetrician, nurse, parent, manager, or person in charge of any maternity home or hospital of any nature where births occur, or any person or persons attending upon or assisting in any way whatsoever any infant or the mother of any infant at childbirth or at any time within two weeks after childbirth, observing in such infant any symptoms of ophthalmia neonatorum, to report such condition within eight hours thereafter, in writing or by telephone followed by a written report, to the local health officer of the municipality, or other political subdivision within which such infant may be.

Source: SL 1925, ch 256, § 2; SDC 1939, § 27.2302; SL 1992, ch 60, § 2.

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34-24-9. Reports of cases of ophthalmia neonatorum. It shall be the duty of any physician, surgeon, obstetrician, nurse, parent, manager, or person in charge of any maternity home or hospital of any nature where births occur, or any person or persons attending upon or assisting in any way whatsoever any infant or the mother of any infant at childbirth or at any time within two weeks after childbirth, observing in such infant any symptoms of ophthalmia neonatorum, to report such condition within eight hours thereafter, in writing or by telephone followed by a written report, to the local health officer of the municipality, or other political subdivision within which such infant may be.

Source: SL 1925, ch 256, § 2; SDC 1939, § 27.2302; SL 1992, ch 60, § 2.