GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 168

SENATE BILL 222

 

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  G.S. 130A-164 is repealed.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.