Alabama § 22-11A-53 Notification of Positive Test Result; Counseling; Referral to Appropriate Health Care Services; Explanation of Individual Responsibility

Alabama Statutes

§ 22-11A-53 — Notification of Positive Test Result; Counseling; Referral to Appropriate Health Care Services; Explanation of Individual Responsibility

Alabama § 22-11A-53

Title 22Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control

Ch. 11AReporting Notifiable Diseases

Art. 2Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Aids

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Ala. Code § 22-11A-53 (2026).

Text

An individual tested shall be notified of a positive test result by the physician ordering the test, his designee, a physician designated by the applicant or by the Department of Public Health. Such notification shall include:

(1)Face-to-face post-test counseling on the meaning of the test results, the possible need for additional testing, and the need to eliminate behavior which may spread the disease to others;

(2)Information as to the availability of appropriate health care services, including mental health care, and appropriate social and support services; and

(3)Explanation of the benefits of locating, testing and counseling any individual to whom the infected individual may have exposed the HIV virus and a full description of the services of public health with respect to locating

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An individual tested shall be notified of a positive test result by the physician ordering the test, his designee, a physician designated by the applicant or by the Department of Public Health. Such notification shall include:
(1) Face-to-face post-test counseling on the meaning of the test results, the possible need for additional testing, and the need to eliminate behavior which may spread the disease to others;
(2) Information as to the availability of appropriate health care services, including mental health care, and appropriate social and support services; and
(3) Explanation of the benefits of locating, testing and counseling any individual to whom the infected individual may have exposed the HIV virus and a full description of the services of public health with respect to locating and counseling all such individuals.