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URL: | http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama /1975/22-11A-53.htm |
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Body: | Section 22-11A-53 Notification of positive test result; counseling; referral to appropriate health care services; explanation of individual responsibility. An individual tested shall be notified of a positive test result by the physician ordering the test, his designee, a physician designated by the applicant or by the Department of Public Health. Such notification shall include: (1) Face-to-face post-test counseling on the meaning of the test results, the possible need for additional testing, and the need to eliminate behavior which may spread the disease to others; (2) Information as to the availability of appropriate health care services, including mental health care, and appropriate social and support services; and (3) Explanation of the benefits of locating, testing and counseling any individual to whom the infected individual may have exposed the HIV virus and a full description of the services of public health with respect to locating and counseling all such individuals. (Acts 1991, No. 91-120, p. 140, ยง2(d).) |