Section 23-11-5. – Reports of cases by public and private institutions.
§ 23-11-5. Reports of cases by public and private institutions. The superintendent or other officer or other person in charge of public or private institutions, such as hospitals or other licensed health care facilities, dispensaries, clinics, homes, asylums, and charitable and correctional institutions, shall promptly report the identity of every patient suffering from a sexually […]
Section 23-11-6. – Reports by physicians.
§ 23-11-6. Reports by physicians. Any physician who diagnoses and/or treats a case of sexually transmitted disease shall immediately make a report of that case to the state department of health in the manner and form that the department shall direct. History of Section.P.L. 1921, ch. 2081, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 163, § 7; […]
Section 23-11-7. – Penalty for failure to report.
§ 23-11-7. Penalty for failure to report. Any person who shall neglect for a period of ten (10) days to make a report as provided in §§ 23-11-5, 23-11-6, and 23-11-14 shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100). History of Section.P.L. 1921, ch. 2081, § 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 163, § 8; […]
Section 23-11-8. – Blood test of pregnant women.
§ 23-11-8. Blood test of pregnant women. It shall be the duty of every physician engaged in prenatal attendance upon a pregnant woman to obtain a blood specimen of that pregnant woman within thirty (30) days after the first professional visit. That blood specimen shall be submitted to the laboratory of the state department of […]
Section 23-11-9. – Repealed.
§ 23-11-9. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1921, ch. 2081, § 9; G.L. 1923, ch. 163, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 257, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 23-11-9; P.L. 1986, ch. 246, § 2; P.L. 1986, ch. 436, § 2; Repealed by P.L. 2017, ch. 13, § 1, effective June 19, 2017; P.L. 2017, ch. 25, […]
Section 23-11-10. – Investigation of suspected cases and sources.
§ 23-11-10. Investigation of suspected cases and sources. In all suspected cases of sexually transmitted disease, the state department of health is empowered to take appropriate measures to determine whether the person or persons suspected of being infected are suffering from any sexually transmitted disease; and whenever any sexually transmitted disease is found to exist, […]
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 […]
Section 23-11-2. – Repealed.
§ 23-11-2. Repealed.
Section 23-11-3. – Compulsory treatment of infected persons.
§ 23-11-3. Compulsory treatment of infected persons. The department of health is empowered to require persons who are in an infectious condition with a sexually transmitted disease to report for treatment to a licensed physician and to continue treatment until cured of his or her infectious condition. Any person suffering from any sexually transmitted disease […]
Section 23-11-1. – Diseases declared contagious — Exposure of another to infection.
§ 23-11-1. Diseases declared contagious — Exposure of another to infection. Sexually transmitted diseases shall include, but not be limited to, syphilis, gonorrhea, chancroid, granuloma inguinale, and lymphogranuloma venereum and other diseases that the director of health may by regulation determine to constitute a sexually transmitted disease. Sexually transmitted diseases are declared to be contagious, […]