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2123 – Communicable Diseases; Discharge of Committed Patient; Duty to Report.

§ 2123. Communicable diseases; discharge of committed patient; duty to report. 1. The chief medical officer of the hospital or other institution to which any person who has been committed pursuant to the provisions of section two thousand one hundred twenty of this chapter upon signing and placing among the permanent records of such hospital […]

2124 – Communicable Diseases; Appeal by Committed Patient.

§ 2124. Communicable diseases; appeal by committed patient. Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to prohibit any person committed to any institution pursuant to its provisions from appealing to any court having jurisdiction, for a review of the evidence on which commitment was made.

2130 – AIDS and HIV Infection; Duty to Report.

§ 2130. AIDS and HIV infection; duty to report. 1. Every physician or other person authorized by law to order diagnostic tests or make a medical diagnosis, or any laboratory performing such tests shall immediately (a) upon determination that a person is infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), (b) upon diagnosis that a person is […]