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§ 6243. Dissemination of information on Down syndrome

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 35 P.S. Health and SafetyEffective: September 16, 2014

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 35 P.S. Health and Safety (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 32. Down Syndrome Prenatal and Postnatal Education Act
Effective: September 16, 2014
35 P.S. § 6243
§ 6243. Dissemination of information on Down syndrome
(a) Requirement.--A health care practitioner that administers, or causes to be administered, a test for Down syndrome to an expectant or new parent shall, upon receiving a test result that is positive for Down syndrome, provide the expectant or new parent with educational information made available by the department under section 4.1
(b) Compliance.--Delivery of information prepared by the department in accordance with section 4 at the time genetic results or diagnostic conclusions are provided shall constitute compliance with this section.

Credits

2014, July 18, P.L. 2450, No. 130, § 3, effective in 60 days [Sept. 16, 2014].

Footnotes

35 P.S. § 6244.
35 P.S. § 6243, PA ST 35 P.S. § 6243
Current through the end of the 2023 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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