20-16-501. Notification required.

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20-16-501. Notification required.

20-16-501. Notification required. (a) Any person who determines by laboratory examination that a specimen derived from a human body yields microscopical, cultural, serological, or other evidence suggestive of those sexually transmitted diseases enumerated in subsection (b) of this section shall notify the HIV/STD/Hepatitis C Section of the Department of Health of such findings. (b) Notice shall be given for the following conditions or diseases: (1) Syphilis; (2) Gonorrhea; (3) Chancroid; (4) Lymphogranuloma Venereum; and (5) Granuloma Inguinale. (c) Specific reportable sexually transmitted disease tests are: (1) All reactive or positive and weakly reactive or doubtful serological tests for syphilis; (2) All reactive or positive and weakly reactive or doubtful spinal fluid serological tests for syphilis; (3) All positive darkfield microscopic tests for treponema pallidum; (4) All positive gonococcal smears or cultures; and (5) All positive tests indicating the presence of Ducrey's bacillus, known as chancroid, or Donovan bodies, known as Granuloma Inguinale, or filterable virus, known as Lymphogranuloma Venereum.

Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-16-501

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