(b) When a woman who has not been tested for HBsAg during pregnancy is admitted for delivery or if a woman's HBsAg test result is not available at the time of admission for delivery, the health care facility shall:

1. (1) submit immediately a satisfactory blood specimen from such a woman to a clinical laboratory that will test it for HBsAg and make the test result available within 24 hours of admission, or as soon thereafter as practicable, but in no event longer than 48 hours of admission. Blood specimens submitted for testing must be marked clearly as “mother/delivery” in order to facilitate reporting of test results; and
2. (2) record the date and time of the blood collection and the HBsAg test results of such specimens in the medical records of the woman and her newborn child or children.

(e) In the case of the inter-facility transfer of a newborn child, the transferring facility shall provide written notification to accompany the child to the receiving hospital indicating:

1. (1) the HBsAg test result for the child's mother;
2. (2) that the HBsAg test result is pending, in which case the test result should be transmitted when it becomes available immediately by telephone and in writing to the receiving hospital; or
3. (3) that the HBsAg test result is unknown and a blood sample has not been submitted for testing, in which case this testing shall be the responsibility of the facility where the child's mother is located or of her health care provider if she is not within a health care facility.