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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>87288</law_id><section_number>32.1-134.02</section_number><catch_line>Infants; blood sample provided to parents</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="32.1">Health</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="5">Regulation of Medical Care Facilities and Services</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Hospital and Nursing Home Licensure and Inspection</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Every <span class="dictionary">hospital</span> providing maternity care shall offer to obtain a sample of blood from an infant born at the <span class="dictionary">hospital</span> and provide that sample to the mother of the infant.</p></section></text><history>2011, c. 621.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
