{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-334.157","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 334.157","heading":"Board to promulgate certain rules relating to vaccines and immunizations.","body":"The state board of registration for the healing arts, in consultation with the department of health and senior services, shall promulgate rules and regulations requiring physicians to:\n(1) Administer hepatitis B vaccine and immunoglobulin to neonates in keeping with standards of current medical practice in any instance in which the blood test for hepatitis B performed in accordance with section 210.030 indicates the neonate has been exposed or is at risk of exposure to hepatitis B; and\n(2) Recommend to the parents or legal guardians of any neonate who is not found to have been exposed or at risk of exposure to hepatitis B that the neonate receive hepatitis B vaccine in accordance with standards of current medical practice, upon receipt of informed written consent of the parents or legal guardians.","path":["Title XXII - OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS","Chapter 334 - Physicians and Surgeons — Therapists — Athletic Trainers — Health Care Providers"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=334.157","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:27Z","sha256":"ef9f49e9d255ba8a44920e77d4b6d48785092a11c8bee787411baab507258b50","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-334.155","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-334.160"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}