§ 25-4-2001. Short Title

This part 20 shall be known and may be cited as the “Hepatitis C Program Act”. Source: L. 99: Entire part added, p. 1067, § 1, effective July 1.

§ 25-4-2002. Legislative Declaration

The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that: Hepatitis C is a silent killer, being largely asymptomatic until irreversible liver damage may have occurred; Hepatitis C has been characterized by the world health organization as a disease of primary concern to humanity; Currently, approximately four million five hundred thousand Americans are infected with hepatitis […]

§ 25-4-2003. Definitions

As used in this part 20, unless the context otherwise requires: “CDC” means the centers for disease control and prevention. “Department” means the department of public health and environment. “Health-care professional” means any person licensed in this state or any other state to practice medicine, chiropractic, nursing, physical therapy, podiatry, dentistry, pharmacy, optometry, or other […]

§ 25-4-2004. Powers and Duties of Executive Director – Hepatitis C Program

The executive director of the department shall design and implement a hepatitis C program to: Coordinate with local public health officials, health-care professionals, public institutions, and community organizations to identify high risk populations, including those associated with currently understood means of transmission, to assist in implementing a model screening process, and to provide information on […]

§ 25-4-2005. Hepatitis C Testing – Recommendations – Definitions

The department recommends that each primary health-care provider or physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner who treats a patient in an inpatient or outpatient setting offer a person born between the years of 1945 and 1965 a hepatitis C screening test or hepatitis C diagnostic test unless the health care provider providing such services reasonably […]