GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1985 SESSION
CHAPTER 168
AN ACT TO REPEAL THE CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT FOR LABORATORIES PERFORMING SYPHILIS SEROLOGIES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 130A-164 is repealed.
Sec. 2. G.S. 130A-165 is rewritten to read as follows:
"Every pregnant woman shall have a blood sample taken during pregnancy in order for a serological test for syphilis to be performed. The physician attending a pregnant woman shall ensure that the required blood sample is taken and submitted to a laboratory for analysis."
Sec. 3. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 10th day of May, 1985.