Health, Department of

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Effective Date: 09/08/1993 to 02/08/2001

Rule Type: Superceded Rules & Regulations

Reference Number: 048.0051.5.09081993

CONFINED POPULATION

Section 1. Any person confined in a state penal institution or a county jail or a community correctional facility for fifteen (15) days or more shall be examined by the appropriate health officer or qualified designee.

Section 2. The health officer shall take any or all of the following steps:

(a) Determine from the prisoner's record and/or personal interview whether the individual is at risk for a sexually transmitted disease.

(b) May isolate prisoner(s) with treatable sexually transmitted diseases within the facility to prevent the spread of infection.

(c) Provide prisoner(s) infected with a curable sexually transmitted disease(s) with the minimum medical care and treatment to affect a cure.

(d) In the case of individuals(s) infected with an incurable sexually transmitted disease, provide for the minimum care and treatment of the individual(s).

Section 3. Minimum care and treatment for incurable sexually transmitted diseases requires that a prisoner shall be afforded equal provision of services available to any other member of the confined population.

(a) The facility shall furnish or arrange for the provision of minimum medical care and/or medication pursuant to current medical practice in response to the specific disease.

Section 4. These Rules and Regulations shall not be construed to interfere with the service of any sentence or other judicial action.