Laws, Regulations & Manuals

African Americans and HIV/AIDS

Laws:

Chapter 191: Health and Welfare

191.226  Cost of HIV testing for certain crime victims payable by department of health and senior services, when, conditions.

191.630  Definitions.

191.640  Blood-borne pathogen standard required for occupational exposure of public employees to blood and other infectious materials -definitions - requirements of needleless system and sharps - violations, penalty.

191.650  Definitions.

191.653  HIV testing performed by whom, how - consultation with subject required, when.

191.656  Confidentiality of reports and records, exceptions - violation, civil action for injunction, damages, costs, and attorney fees - health care provider participating in judicial proceedings, immune from civil liability.

191.657  Disclosure of confidential HIV information, by court order, only to certain persons, procedure, when.

191.658  HIV infection disclosure by department of health and senior services to exposed health workers or law enforcement officers, when, violation, penalty.

191.659  Department of corrections, HIV and infectious disease testing, without right of refusal - exceptions - minors victims of sexual assault, testing, notice to parents or custodians required.

191.662  Department of mental health, permissive HIV testing without right of refusal, when - results of HIV testing not to be reported to department of health and senior services, when.

191.663  HIV testing, defined - court order to test certain sexual offenders - costs-bond-disclosure of results of test - parents of unemanicpated minor informed, when.

191.665  Discrimination prohibited, exceptions.

191.668  Department of health and senior services and department of elementary and secondary education to prepare educational programs, contents.

191.671  Insurance companies, HMOs or health service corporations, HIV testing by, regulation by department of insurance - disclosure of test results, confidentiality.

191.674  Court-ordered HIV testing without right of refusal, department of health and senior services may seek, when -court record closed, proceeding to be in camera, when.

191.677  Prohibited acts, criminal penalties.

191.680  Maintaining a nuisance, abatement to be ordered, when.

191.683  Reports to general assembly by department of health and senior services.

191.686  Anonymous testing sites in central Missouri, Kansas City, Springfield, and St. Louis - reports of results, use of coded system - contact notification required, when.

191.689  Schools to be given notice of identity of child with HIV infection, when, by whom - identity of infected child may be released to whom by school.

191.692  Premarital HIV testing, rulemaking authorized, when.

191.694  Infection control procedures -requirements and training for health care facilities and professionals.

191.699  Disciplinary action for health care professionals who discriminate require HIV testing before treatment.

191.700  Testing of all health care professionals not justified - voluntary a confidential evaluation of infected professional, procedure - expert review panel qualifications, powers and duties, practice restrictions, when - health care facilities informed only of restrictions - violations, complaints made to appropriate boards.

191.703  Death of patient with infection or contagious disease, notification to funeral director or coroner.

Chapter 192: Department of Health and Senior Services

192.808  Mandatory testing not to be required, exception - emergency personnel to treat persons with HIV and communicable diseases - identity of patient to be confidential, exceptions.

Chapter 516: Statutes of Limitations

516.105  Action against health care providers (medical malpractice).

Chapter 566: Sexual Offenses

556.135  Defendant may be tested for various sexually transmitted diseases, when.

Chapter 567: Prostitution

567.020  Prostitution.

567.120  HIV-testing for persons arrested for a prostitution-related offense.