Virginia Code 32.1-62: Procedure upon infant’s birth.
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In order to prevent ophthalmia neonatorum, the physician, nurse or midwife in charge of the delivery of a baby or, if none, the first attending physician shall, immediately after the baby’s birth, perform upon such baby the procedure prescribed by the Board. Such action shall be duly recorded in the medical record of the baby.
Terms Used In Virginia Code 32.1-62
- ophthalmia neonatorum: means any inflammation, swelling or unusual redness in one or both eyes of any infant, either apart from or together with any unnatural discharge from the eye or eyes of such infant, independent of the nature of the infection, if any, occurring at any time within two weeks after the birth of such infant. See Virginia Code 32.1-61
Code 1950, § 32-107; 1979, c. 711.