32.1-62 - Procedure upon infant's birth. - Virginia Statutes

§ 32.1-62. Procedure upon infant's birth.

In order to prevent ophthalmia neonatorum, the physician, nurse or midwife incharge of the delivery of a baby or, if none, the first attending physicianshall, immediately after the baby's birth, perform upon such baby theprocedure prescribed by the Board. Such action shall be duly recorded in themedical record of the baby.

(Code 1950, § 32-107; 1979, c. 711.)