Section 23-11-12. – Refusal to submit to examination.
§ 23-11-12. Refusal to submit to examination. Any person refusing to permit the department of health to examine him or her, as provided in § 23-11-11, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of fifty dollars ($50.00), or by imprisonment for thirty (30) days, or by both […]
Section 23-11-13. – Appropriations and disbursements.
§ 23-11-13. Appropriations and disbursements. The general assembly shall annually appropriate that sum that it may deem necessary for carrying out the provisions and purposes of this chapter, and the state controller shall draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of the sum appropriated, or so much of it as […]
Section 23-11-14. – Reports by public and private laboratories.
§ 23-11-14. Reports by public and private laboratories. Whenever any public or private laboratory performs a laboratory test for any sexually transmitted disease, the result, if reactive or positive, shall be reported within ten (10) days after the test by the person in charge of the laboratory to the state department of health in the […]
Section 23-11-15. – Report not violation of physician-patient relationship.
§ 23-11-15. Report not violation of physician-patient relationship. Any report made pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed a violation of the physician-patient relationship or otherwise contrary to the ethics of the medical profession. History of Section.G.L. 1956, § 23-11-15; P.L. 1967, ch. 58, § 2.
Section 23-11-16. – Violations — Penalties.
§ 23-11-16. Violations — Penalties. Unless another penalty is provided by the laws of this state, any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter, or any rule or regulation adopted under this chapter, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100), or by imprisonment for […]
Section 23-11-17. – Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing.
§ 23-11-17. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing. The physician or healthcare provider attending any person for a suspected sexually transmitted disease shall offer testing for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). All testing pursuant to this section shall be as provided for in chapter 6.3 of this title. History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 405, § 3; P.L. […]
Section 23-11-18. – Legislative findings.
§ 23-11-18. Legislative findings. The general assembly recognizes and declares that: (1) The special legislative commission to study the feasibility of implementing a needle exchange program has met in accordance with 1992 joint resolution 192, and strongly recommends passage of a law enabling the department of health to implement a pilot needle exchange program for […]
Section 23-11-19. – Exchange of hypodermic needles and syringes.
§ 23-11-19. Exchange of hypodermic needles and syringes. (a) The director of the department of health shall maintain a program offering the free exchange of new hypodermic needles and syringes for used hypodermic needles and syringes as a means to prevent the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or viral hepatitis among injecting drug users […]
Section 23-11-20. – Expedited partner therapy.
§ 23-11-20. Expedited partner therapy. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a physician licensed under chapter 37 of title 5, a physician assistant licensed under chapter 54 of title 5 or a certified registered nurse practitioner licensed under chapter 34 of title 5 who is authorized to prescribe and dispense prescription […]
Section 23-11-11. – Power to examine suspected cases — Right of suspect to own physician.
§ 23-11-11. Power to examine suspected cases — Right of suspect to own physician. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the state department of health is empowered to make examinations of persons reasonably suspected of having sexually transmitted disease; provided, however, that any person so examined shall have the right […]