Arkansas Administrative Code
Agency 007 - Arkansas Department of Health
Division 15 - Health Maintenance/Epidemiology
Rule 007.15.00-003 - Rules and Regulations for Communicable Disease Control - Prenatal testing of pregnant women for sexually transmitted diseases
Universal Citation: AR Admin Rules 007.15.00-003
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 9, September, 2024
A. Prenatal Examination for syphilis, Human Immunodeficiency Virus and for Hepatitis B. Act 963 of 1997 "To revise and expand the scope of testing all pregnant women; and for other purposes."
1. Section 1, Act 963 of 1997, requires any
physician and/or health care provider attending pregnant women, for conditions
relating to their pregnancy, to test each of the women by venous blood sample
for:
a) A standard serologic test for
syphilis
b) A standard serologic
test for Human Immunodeficiency Virus
c) A standard serologic test for hepatitis B
Such samples shall be submitted to an approved laboratory and all positive results reported to the Arkansas Department of Health.
2.
Section 2, Act 963 of 1997, requires a standard serologic test for syphilis. A
standard serologic test is defined as a test for syphilis approved by the State
Health Officer. Such samples shall be submitted to an approved laboratory and
all positive results reported to the Arkansas Department of Health.
3. Section 3, Act 963 of 1997, requires a
standard serologic test for Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV). A standard
serologic test is defined as a test for HIV approved by the State Health
Officer. Such samples shall be submitted to an approved laboratory and all
positive results reported to the Arkansas Department of Health.
4. Section 4, Act 963 of 1997, requires a
standard serologic test for Hepatitis B (HBsAg). A standard serologic test is
defined as a test for Hepatitis B approved by the State Health Officer. Such
samples shall be submitted to an approved laboratory and all positive results
reported to the Arkansas Department of Health.
5. Section 5, Act 963 of 1997, requires if
for any reason the pregnant woman is not tested for syphilis, Human
Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) or Hepatitis B (HBsAg), that fact shall be
recorded in the patient(s) record(s), which, if based upon the refusal of the
patient, shall relieve the physician and/or health care provider of any
responsibility.
6.
Section
6, Act 963 of 1997, requires every physician and/or health care provider
shall inform each pregnant woman, who he or she is attending, that syphilis,
HTV, and Hep B may be prevented if the maternal infection is recognized and
treated. Every physician and/or health care provider shall provide counseling
and instruction for HTV in a manner prescribed by the Department of Health
based upon contemporary state and federal standards.
7. Section 7, Act 963 of 1997,.requires that
all records, reports, data or other information collected or maintained shall
be confidential provided that it shall not affect the reports required to be
submitted to the Department of Health under laws and rules and regulations.
8
Section 8, Act 963
of 1997, requires physicians and others in reporting every birth and stillbirth
to state on the certificate whether a blood test for syphilis has been made
upon a specimen of blood taken from the woman who bore the child for which a
birth or stillbirth certificate is filed and the approximate time when the
specimen was taken.
CERTIFICATION
This is to certify that the foregoing Rules and Regulations for the Testing of Pregnant women for Hepatitis B and Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Arkansas were adopted by the Arkansas State Board of Health, at a regular session of said Board held in Little rock, Arkansas, on the 27th day of July, 2000.
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