Section 34-24-6 - Warning and advice to parents as to ophthalmia neonatorum. - South Dakota Statutes

34-24-6. Warning and advice to parents as to ophthalmia neonatorum. It shall be the duty of any physician, surgeon, obstetrician, nurse, or midwife in attendance on or having charge of a case of childbirth to inform the parents or guardians of the newborn infant as to the possibility of the occurrence of ophthalmia neonatorum, its dangers and possible consequences, and to advise for the prevention of its development, the use of such prophylactic or preventive measures as shall be prescribed for such purpose by the Department of Health.

Source: SL 1925, ch 256, § 3; SDC 1939, § 27.2303.