(1) Every licensed physician attending a pregnant woman in this state for conditions relating to her pregnancy during the period of gestation or at the time of delivery shall, as required by rule of the Department of Human Services, take or cause to be taken a sample of blood of every woman so attended at the time of the first professional visit or within 10 days thereafter. The blood specimen thus obtained shall be submitted to a licensed laboratory for such tests related to any infectious condition which may affect a pregnant woman or fetus, as the department shall by rule require, including but not limited to an HIV test as defined in ORS 433.045.
(2) Every other person permitted by law to attend a pregnant woman in this state, but not permitted by law to take blood samples, shall, as required by rule of the department, cause a sample of blood of such pregnant woman to be taken by a licensed physician, and have such sample submitted to a licensed laboratory for the tests described under subsection (1) of this section.
(3) In all cases under subsections (1) and (2) of this section the physician shall request consent of the patient to take a blood sample. No sample shall be taken without such consent. [1987 c.600 §8; 2005 c.516 §2]
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