{"code":"BPC","codeName":"Business and Professions Code","section":"553","citation":"Bus. & Prof. Code, § 553","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 2. HEALING ARTS [500. - 4999.202.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [500. - 865.2.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-2/chapter-1"},{"name":"ARTICLE 3. Ophthalmia Neonatorum [550. - 558.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-2/chapter-1/article-3"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 429.","effective":null,"html":"<p>All maternity homes, hospitals, and similar institutions wherein childbirths occur shall keep a record of all cases of ophthalmia neonatorum occurring or discovered therein. These records shall be in the form and contain the matters which the department prescribes.</p>","text":"All maternity homes, hospitals, and similar institutions wherein childbirths occur shall keep a record of all cases of ophthalmia neonatorum occurring or discovered therein. These records shall be in the form and contain the matters which the department prescribes.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/ophthalmia-neonatorum-553","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}