Section 22-B205. TESTS FOR SYPHILIS AND GONORRHEA REQUIRED DURING PREGNANCY

 

205.1Unless the person in charge of a case of pregnancy includes in the patient's case history a written statement giving the medical reasons why a serological test for syphilis and a laboratory test for gonorrhea performed at the times specified in this section would be harmful to the patient, that person shall include both of these tests in the management of the case at the first visit of that patient's pregnancy is established as a certainty.

 

205.2When it is determined that tests for syphilis and gonorrhea have been performed within thirty (30) days before the visit at which pregnancy is established, the serological test need not be performed at that time.

 

205.3Any person in charge of a case of pregnancy during the last trimester shall include in the management of the case a serological test for syphilis and a laboratory test for gonorrhea, notwithstanding the fact that either or both tests have already been performed during the pregnancy.

 

205.4Any person required by the provisions of this section to make a written report of a case of venereal disease shall submit the report to the Director in a sealed envelope, marked "Confidential."

 

205.5The name of the person reported as having a case of venereal disease may be referred to by number.

 

205.6Whenever the person reporting a case of venereal disease elects to report by number instead of by name, a record shall be kept of the case in the files of the person reporting under the same number for a period of not less than three (3) years from the date of diagnosis.

 

205.7The record required in § 205.6 shall be made available to the Director upon request.

 

205.8The reports and records incident to a case of venereal disease shall be used for statistical and public health purposes only, and the Director shall not disclose the identity of the person so reported except under order of a court or with the written permission of the person.

 

authority

Section 7 of the AIDS Health-Care Response Act of 1986, effective June 10, 1986 (D.C. Law 6-121; D.C. Official Code § 7-1606), and Mayor’s Order 2000-5, dated April 12, 2000.

source

Commissioners’ Order 61-1117 (June 20, 1961), published as Health Regulations at §§ 8-5:101-205; as amended by Commissioners’ Order 64-1285A (September 3, 1964); as amended by § 6 of the Preventive Health Services Amendments Act of 1985, effective February 21, 1986 (D.C. Law 6-83; 32 DCR 7276, 7283 (December 13, 1984)); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 47 DCR 10209 (December 29, 2000); as corrected by Final Rulemaking published at 48 DCR 472 (January 19, 2001).