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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Every physician attending a woman in the State by reason of her being pregnant during gestation shall in the case of every woman so attended take or cause to be taken, with her consent, a sample of blood of such woman, and submit such sample for a standard serological test for syphilis and Rh factors to a laboratory of the department or to a laboratory approved for these tests by the department. Such laboratory tests as are required by sections 1231 to 1234 must be made on request without charge by the department.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Maine Revised Statutes Title 22. Health and Welfare § 1231. Blood sample for laboratory test - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/me/title-22-health-and-welfare/me-rev-st-tit-22-sect-1231/
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