Section 4136. Birth certificate; statement as to blood test  


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  • 1. In reporting
      every  birth  and fetal death, physicians and others permitted to attend
      pregnancy cases and required to report births  and  fetal  deaths  shall
      state  on  the birth certificate or fetal death certificate, as the case
      may be, whether a blood test for syphilis  has  been  made  during  such
      pregnancy  upon  a  specimen  of blood taken from the woman who bore the
      child for which a birth or fetal death certificate is filed.
        2. In addition to the information provided to  be  contained  in  each
      certificate  of  birth  by this article every certificate of birth shall
      state whether such test was made during pregnancy or at delivery, and in
      the case where no blood test has been made such fact shall  be  reported
      together  with the reason why such test has not been taken in compliance
      with the provisions of section two thousand three hundred eight of  this
      chapter.
        3.  If  such  test  has  been made during pregnancy, those required to
      report births and fetal deaths shall state the date on  which  the  test
      was made.
        4.  In  no  event  shall the birth certificate state the result of the
      blood test.