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It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1979, chapter 711.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":60320,"section_number":"32.1-36","catch_line":"Reports by physicians and laboratory directors","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-36\/"}],"permalink":{"id":202197,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76940,"identifier":"32.1-63","token":"32.1\/2\/6\/32.1-63","url":"\/32.1-63\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-63\/","token":"32.1\/2\/6\/32.1-63","dublin_core":{"Title":"Duty of physician, midwife or nurse noting ophthalmia neonatorum","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-63","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>It shall be the duty of any physician, midwife or nurse who notes ophthalmia neonatorum within two weeks after the birth of an infant to perform or cause to be performed such tests as are necessary to ascertain the cause of such inflammation and to institute or have instituted appropriate therapy. When the cause of such inflammation is ascertained to be gonococcus, such physician, nurse or midwife shall report the infection to the local health director or the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> as provided in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Reports by physicians and laboratory directors\" href=\"\/32.1-36\/\">32.1-36<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDUTY OF PHYSICIAN, MIDWIFE OR NURSE NOTING OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM (\u00a7 32.1-63)\n\nIt shall be the duty of any physician, midwife or nurse who notes ophthalmia\nneonatorum within two weeks after the birth of an infant to perform or cause to\nbe performed such tests as are necessary to ascertain the cause of such\ninflammation and to institute or have instituted appropriate therapy. When the\ncause of such inflammation is ascertained to be gonococcus, such physician,\nnurse or midwife shall report the infection to the local health director or the\nCommissioner as provided in \u00a7 32.1-36.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 32-106; 1979, c. 711.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}