As Amended
SEC. 41-21-203. Testing of newborn children for certain conditions.
From and after July 1, 1988, the physician attending a newborn child, or the person attending a newborn child that was not attended by a physician, shall provide the child tests that have been approved by the State Board of Health. However, no such tests shall be given to any child whose parents object thereto on the grounds that such test conflicts with his religious practices or tenets. The State Department of Health shall follow up all positive tests with the attending physician who notified the department thereof, or with the parents of the newborn child when such notification was made by a person other than a physician. When a test is confirmed, the services and facilities of the State Department of Health and those of other state boards, departments and agencies cooperating with the State Department of Health in carrying out the program shall be made available to the extent needed by the physician.
SOURCES: Laws, 1979, ch. 388, Sec. 2; 1984, ch. 416, Sec. 2; reenacted, 1987, ch. 382, Sec. 2; 1988, ch. 572, Sec. 2, eff from and after July 1, 1988.