§ 63-1-527. Reports of a sexually transmitted infection.  


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  • Any physician who makes a diagnosis or treats a case of a sexually transmitted infection (STI), and every superintendent or manager of a hospital, dispensary or charitable or penal institution in which there is a case of an STI, shall report such case immediately, in writing, to the State Commissioner of Health, or the local health officer, in the same manner as other communicable diseases are reported, in forms to be prescribed and furnished by the Commissioner.

Added by Laws 1963, c. 325, art. 5, § 527, operative July 1, 1963. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 105, § 26, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.