Preventing infant blindness - Duty of physician or midwife
N.D. Cent. Code § 23-07-10
in effect23-07-10. Preventing infant blindness - Duty of physician or midwife
All physicians, midwives, or other persons in professional attendance upon a birth always
shall examine the eyes of the infant carefully. If there is the least reason to suspect the
presence of a disease of the eyes, such person shall apply such prophylactic treatment as may
be recognized as efficient in medical science.
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t23c07.pdf#nameddest=23-07-10Fetched: 10/16/2026
