140.13  Medical treatment of newly born.

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.

Section History: Early form

  [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]

Internal References

  Referred to in § 135G.14, 140.14


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