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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  135.23  GROUP B STREPTOCOCCUS
  1  2 TESTING.
  1  3    1.  A standard of care protocol is established for
  1  4 physicians providing prenatal care regarding group B
  1  5 streptococcus in recognition of its potential for causing
  1  6 life-threatening infections in newborn babies.  A physician
  1  7 shall test a pregnant patient for group B streptococcus,
  1  8 inform the patient and the hospital to which the patient is
  1  9 admitted of the results, and discuss treatment options with
  1 10 the patient if the patient tests positive.
  1 11    2.  A physician providing prenatal care to a pregnant
  1 12 patient shall routinely perform screening cultures for group B
  1 13 streptococcus between the thirty-fifth and thirty-seventh
  1 14 weeks of pregnancy.  The physician shall inform the patient of
  1 15 the test result, and shall give the patient information
  1 16 regarding group B streptococcus risks, diagnosis, prevention,
  1 17 and, if the test result is positive, treatment.
  1 18    3.  A patient testing positive for group B streptococcus
  1 19 shall have this status reported to the hospital or birth
  1 20 facility to which the patient is admitted by the physician or
  1 21 a designated member of the physician's staff.  This
  1 22 information shall be entered upon a patient's medical records
  1 23 by a physician or by a designated hospital or birth facility
  1 24 staff member at the time of delivery.
  1 25    4.  As used in this section, "physician" means a physician
  1 26 licensed to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic
  1 27 medicine and surgery.
  1 28    Sec. 2.  The director of public health shall adopt rules
  1 29 pursuant to section 17A.4, subsection 2, and section 17A.5,
  1 30 subsection 2, paragraph "b", necessary to administer this
  1 31 section and the rules shall become effective July 1, 1996.
  1 32    Sec. 3.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance,
  1 33 takes effect upon enactment.  
  1 34                           EXPLANATION
  1 35    This bill provides for the routine testing of pregnant
  2  1 patients for group B streptococcus (GBS), which causes life-
  2  2 threatening infections in newborn babies, by physicians
  2  3 providing prenatal care between the 35th and 37th weeks of
  2  4 pregnancy.  Prenatal care providers shall inform patients of
  2  5 the results and supply information regarding GBS risks,
  2  6 diagnosis, treatment, and prevention in the event of a
  2  7 positive test result.  Positive test results will be reported
  2  8 to the patient's designated hospital or birth facility and
  2  9 entered upon the patient's medical records.
  2 10    The bill directs the director of public health to adopt
  2 11 emergency rules pursuant to chapter 17A necessary to
  2 12 administer this section, and includes an immediate effective
  2 13 date.  
  2 14 LSB 3897HH 76
  2 15 rn/cf/24
     

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