CHAPTER 16. PUBLIC HEALTH.

ARTICLE 4E. UNIFORM MATERNAL SCREENING ACT.

§16-4E-5. Applicability of the screening tool.

Once developed, all health care providers offering maternity services shall be required to utilize the uniform maternal risk screening tool in their examinations of any pregnant woman. Additionally they shall notify the woman of any high-risk condition which they identify along with any necessary referral and report the results to the Bureau for Public Health, Office of Maternal, Child and Family Health in the manner provided in the legislative rule.