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20-16-503. Notification — Physician's duty.
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20-16-503. Notification — Physician's duty.
Laboratory reporting under §§ 20-16-501 — 20-16-506 shall in no way release the attending physician from his or her responsibility to report cases of sexually transmitted diseases to the HIV/STD/Hepatitis C Section of the Department of Health.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-16-503
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20-16-503. Notification — Physician's duty.
Laboratory reporting under §§ 20-16-501 — 20-16-506 shall in no way release the attending physician from his or her responsibility to report cases of sexually transmitted diseases to the HIV/STD/Hepatitis C Section of the Department of Health.
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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
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 20-16-501. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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20-16-506. Failure to notify — Penalty.
Failure to give notice as provided in §§ 20-16-501 — 20-16-505 shall be a violation and upon conviction shall be punishable by a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-16-506
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 20-16-506. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.