D.C. Code § 7-801

Current through codified legislation effective September 18, 2024

Section 7-801 - Prophylactic solution to be administered

The Mayor may, upon the advice of the Director of the Department of Health and pursuant to Title I of the District of Columbia Administrative Procedure Act, approved October 21, 1968 (82 Stat. 1204; D.C. Official Code § 2-501et seq.), issue rules to prevent and monitor the occurrence of ophthalmia in newborns. Unless the Mayor provides otherwise, each physician, certified midwife, certified professional midwife, or certified nurse-midwife who delivers or otherwise assumes the initial care of a newborn shall, immediately upon that delivery or assumption of care, administer to each eye of the newborn a 1% solution of silver nitrate, an ophthalmic ointment containing either 1% tetracycline or 0.5% erythromycin, or another prophylactic approved by the Mayor.

D.C. Code § 7-801

Amended by D.C. Law 24-46,§ 4, 69 DCR 000177, eff. 12/29/2021.

Apr. 27, 1937, 50 Stat. 120, ch. 144, § 1; Aug. 1, 1950, 64 Stat. 393, ch. 513, § 1; Feb. 21, 1986, D.C. Law 6-83, § 4(a), 32 DCR 7276.

Office of Director of Public Health abolished: See Historical and Statutory Notes following § 7-101.