{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-7-801","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 7-801","heading":"Prophylactic solution to be administered.","body":"The Mayor may, upon the advice of the Director of the Department of Health and pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2, issue rules to prevent and monitor the occurrence of ophthalmia in newborns. Unless the Mayor provides otherwise, each physician, certified midwife, certified professional midwife, or certified nurse-midwife who delivers or otherwise assumes the initial care of a newborn shall, immediately upon that delivery or assumption of care, administer to each eye of the newborn a 1% solution of silver nitrate, an ophthalmic ointment containing either 1% tetracycline or 0.5% erythromycin, or another prophylactic approved by the Mayor.","path":["Title 7. Human Health Care and Safety.","Chapter 8. Prevention of Blindness in Infants."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/7-801","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"0f1bb777487c489a9ed5924b6179877fd771bb8148799651595b473d93f5e80c","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-7-791.04","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-7-802"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}