§ 23-6.3-14 - Reporting and notification of HIV/AIDS.
SECTION 23-6.3-14
§ 23-6.3-14 Reporting and notification ofHIV/AIDS. – (a) Except in the case of anonymous HIV testing, a diagnosis of HIV or AIDSshall be notifiable and reportable to the department by name.
The following shall be reported to the department:
(1) A diagnosis of HIV, according to the most current CDCcase definition of HIV.
(2) A diagnosis of AIDS, according to the most recent CDCcase definition of AIDS.
(3) A positive ELISA result of any HIV test and/or other FDAapproved test indicative of the presence of HIV.
(4) Notification of a perinatal exposure to HIV shall be madeto the department regardless of confirmatory testing. A perinatal case reportfor HIV shall be indicated by two (2) positive polymerase chain reaction (PCR)tests; /( 18 months; and/or other U.S. Food and Drug Administration approvedtests that indicate the presence of HIV in pediatric cases.
(b) The following persons shall report information requiredby this section to the department:
(1) A health care provider who diagnoses or treats HIV/AIDS;
(2) The administrator of a health care facility as defined inChapter 23-17 who diagnoses or treats HIV/AIDS; or
(3) The administrator of a prison in which there is anHIV/AIDS infected individual or perinatal exposure to HIV/AIDS.
(c) A person responsible for the administration of a clinicalor hospital laboratory, blood bank, mobile unit, or other facility in which alaboratory examination of any specimen derived from a human body yieldsserological, or other evidence of HIV/AIDS, including perinatal exposure toHIV/AIDS shall notify the department in a timely manner.
(d) All positive HIV test results shall be confirmed with aWestern Blot or other FDA approved confirmatory test.