{"data":{"id":"us-me/22-m.r.s.-1231","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"22 M.R.S. §1231","heading":"Blood sample for laboratory test","body":"Every physician attending a woman in the State by reason of her being pregnant during gestation shall in the case of every woman so attended take or cause to be taken, with her consent, a sample of blood of such woman, and submit such sample for a standard serological test for syphilis and Rh factors to a laboratory of the department or to a laboratory approved for these tests by the department. Such laboratory tests as are required by sections 1231 to 1234 must be made on request without charge by the department.","path":["TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE","SUBTITLE 2: HEALTH","PART 3: PUBLIC HEALTH","CHAPTER 251: COMMUNICABLE DISEASES","SUBCHAPTER 3: SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES","ARTICLE 4: PRENATAL EXAMINATION"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/22/title22sec1231.html","current_through":"January 1, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:31Z","sha256":"4e8bef0704de436c0eb59f272d67dd03b4edf2bc0f9915566d822c2e0359eb7b","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/22-m.r.s.-1189","next":"us-me/22-m.r.s.-1232"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}