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1 1 Amend Senate File 2162, as passed by the Senate, as
1 2 follows:
1 3 #1. Page 1, by inserting before line 1 the
1 4 following:
1 5 "Section 1. NEW SECTION. 135.23 GROUP B
1 6 STREPTOCOCCUS TESTING.
1 7 1. A physician providing prenatal care shall
1 8 routinely furnish pregnant patients with concise
1 9 written information, to be developed by the
1 10 department, regarding group B streptococcus disease
1 11 incidence, risks, prevention strategies, diagnosis,
1 12 and treatment. If a patient requests to be tested for
1 13 the presence of group B streptococcus, the physician
1 14 may perform a screening culture between the thirty-
1 15 fifth and thirty-seventh weeks of pregnancy.
1 16 2. The physician shall inform a patient who has
1 17 been tested of the test result. If a patient has
1 18 tested positive for group B streptococcus, the
1 19 physician or a designated member of the physician's
1 20 staff shall report this status to the hospital or
1 21 birth facility to which the patient is to be admitted.
1 22 This information shall be entered upon the patient's
1 23 medical records by a physician or designated hospital
1 24 or birth facility staff member prior to or at the time
1 25 of delivery.
1 26 3. As used in this section, "physician" means a
1 27 physician licensed to practice medicine and surgery or
1 28 osteopathic medicine and surgery.
1 29 4. If the centers for disease control and
1 30 prevention of the United States department of health
1 31 and human services, with the concurrence of the
1 32 American academy of pediatrics and the American
1 33 college of obstetrics and gynecology, determines that
1 34 culture screenings of pregnant women to identify those
1 35 who may have a positive screening result as a strategy
1 36 to prevent the onset of group B streptococcus disease
1 37 in newborns is no longer the most appropriate
1 38 strategy, is no longer indicated, or is replaced by a
1 39 treatment modality which renders the screening
1 40 unnecessary, the director shall adopt rules pursuant
1 41 to section 17A.4, subsection 2, and section 17A.5,
1 42 subsection 2, paragraph "b", to reflect the
1 43 determination.
1 44 Sec. 2. The director of public health shall adopt
1 45 rules pursuant to section 17A.4, subsection 2, and
1 46 section 17A.5, subsection 2, paragraph "b", necessary
1 47 to administer this section, and the rules shall become
1 48 effective July 1, 1996."
1 49 #2. Title page, line 1, by inserting after the
1 50 word "the" the following: "prenatal and".
2 1 #3. By renumbering as necessary.
2 2
2 3
2 4
2 5 BLODGETT of Cerro Gordo
2 6 SF 2162.301 76
2 7 rn/cf
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