23-07-10. Preventing infant blindness - Duty of physician or midwife

23-07-10. 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.