Each physician attending the birth of a child, shall cause to be instilled into the eyes of the newly born infant a prophylactic solution approved by the Iowa department of public health. This section shall not be construed to require medical treatment of the child of any person who is a member of a church or religious denomination and whose religious convictions, in accordance with the tenets or principles of the person's church or religious denomination, are against medical prophylaxis or treatment for disease.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 2313, 2315; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, § 140.36, 140.38; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 140.13]
Referred to in § 135G.14, 140.14
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