Section 34-24-8 - Use at birth of preventive for ophthalmia neonatorum. - South Dakota Statutes

34-24-8. Use at birth of preventive for ophthalmia neonatorum. Any physician, surgeon, obstetrician, nurse, or midwife in attendance on or having charge of a case of childbirth shall, immediately after the birth of the infant for the prevention of ophthalmia neonatorum, use such prophylactic measures as are approved for such purpose by the State Department of Health, unless specifically objected to by the parents or parent or guardian of the infant.

Source: SL 1925, ch 256, § 4; SDC 1939, § 27.2304; SL 1978, ch 253, § 1.