Any physician, midwife, nurse or other person in attendance on a confinement case shall, within two hours after the birth of the child, use one of the following prophylactic solutions for the prevention of infantile blindness or ophthalmia neonatorum, two drops of the solution to be dropped in each eye after the eyelids have been opened:
(1) A one percent fresh solution of nitrate of silver, or
(2) Such other solution as may be prescribed by the State Board of Health.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.
Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.
Chapter 20 - Miscellaneous Health Laws.
Section 22-20-1 - Use of Common Drinking Cups or Towels in Public Places Prohibited.
Section 22-20-2 - Prevention of Infantile Blindness.
Section 22-20-4 - Location and Extension of Cemeteries.
Section 22-20-5 - Regulations for Establishments Handling Food and Providing Public Accommodations.
Section 22-20-5.1 - Cottage Food Production.
Section 22-20-5.2 - Food Service Establishments to Secure Covers of Grease Traps.
Section 22-20-5.4 - Serving Wine or Beer in Food Service Establishments or Dog Parks.
Section 22-20-6 - Butchering, etc., of Legally Taken Wild Animals.
Section 22-20-7 - Inspection of Dairy Farms, Milk-Cooling Stations, Etc.
Section 22-20-8 - Depositing Dead Animals or Nauseous Substances in Water Supplies.
Section 22-20-9 - Depositing Dead Animals or Fowl in Running Streams.
Section 22-20-10 - Duty to Drain Areas in Construction Works.
Section 22-20-11 - Restrictions on Retail Sales of Certain Poisons.
Section 22-20-12 - Advertisements Concerning Impotency, Prostatic Troubles, Etc.