Sec. 54-102b. HIV testing of persons convicted of certain sexual offenses.
Sec. 54-102b. HIV testing of persons convicted of certain sexual offenses. (a)
Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, except as provided in subsection
(b) of this section, a court entering a judgment of conviction or an adjudication of delinquency for a violation of section 53a-70, 53a-70a, 53a-70b or 53a-71 or a violation of
section 53-21, 53a-72a, 53a-72b or 53a-73a involving a sexual act, shall, at the request
of the victim of such crime, order that the offender be tested for the presence of the
etiologic agent for acquired immune deficiency syndrome or human immunodeficiency
virus and that the results be disclosed to the victim and the offender. The test shall be
performed by or at the direction of the Department of Correction in consultation with
the Department of Public Health.
(b) The provisions of sections 19a-581 to 19a-585, inclusive, and section 19a-590,
except the requirement that the subject of an HIV-related test provide informed consent
prior to the performance of such test, shall apply to a test ordered under this section.
(c) For the purposes of this section and section 19a-112b, "sexual act" means contact
between the penis and the vulva or the penis and the anus, where such contact involving
the penis occurs upon penetration, however slight, or contact between the mouth and
the penis, the mouth and the vulva or the mouth and the anus.
(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-6, S. 24, 28; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-6 effective June 21, 1994; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of
Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.