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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
SENATE BILL 292 By: Stanley
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to public health; amending 63 O.S.
2021, Section 1-515, which relates to tests for
syphilis; increasing required freq uency of testing;
requiring testing under certain c ircumstances;
updating statutory language; and providing an
effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Sect ion 1-515, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 1-515. A. Every physician attending a pregnant woman
in Oklahoma during gestation shall, in the case of each woman so
attended, take or cause to be taken a sample of blood of such woman
at the time of first examination each of the following occurrences ,
and shall submit such sample to an approved laboratory for a
standard serological test for syphilis :
1. At the time of the first prenatal visit;
2. Between twenty-eight (28) and thirty -two (32) weeks’
gestation; and
3. At the time of delivery .
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B. In addition to the occurrences listed in subsection A of
this section, the attending physician of a woman presenting with a
spontaneous miscarriage or stillbirt h shall take or cause to be
taken a sample of blood of such woman and shall submit such sample
to an approved laboratory for a standard serological test for
syphilis.
C. Every other person permitted by law to attend upon pregnant
women in the state but no t permitted by law to take blood tests
shall cause a sample of the bloo d of such pregnant woman to be taken
by a duly licensed physician, licensed to practice in the State of
Oklahoma this state, and submitted to an approved laboratory for a
standard serological test for syphilis.
D. The term “approved laboratory” shall mean a laboratory
approved for the purposes of this section by the State Commissioner
of Health. A standard serological test for syphilis shall be one
recognized as such by the Commissione r. Such laboratory tests shall
be made, on request, without charge by the State Depa rtment of
Health.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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