(a) Each infant born in this state must have administered to the infant by a physician, nurse, or certified direct-entry midwife, one of the following prophylactic measures within two hours after birth onto the inside surface of the infant's lower eyelids:
- (1) repealed 9/18/2009;
- (2) repealed 9/18/2009;
- (3) erythromycin ophthalmic ointment;
- (4) a department-approved alternative prophylactic ophthalmic agent as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the prevention of ophthalmia neonatorum in the newborn.
(b) Prophylaxis is not required
- (1) if the infant is receiving parenteral antibiotics; or
- (2) if the infant's delivery occurs at an unplanned time when prophylactic measures are unavailable.
- (c) A physician, nurse, or certified direct-entry midwife who detects gonorrhea infection of the eye in a newborn infant shall report the infant's name, birth date, extent of infection, and place of residence to the Section of Epidemiology within the department.
(Eff. 5/3/80, Register 74; am 1/17/2008, Register 185; am 9/18/2009, Register 192)