Missouri Statutes

§ 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.

Missouri § 191.674
JurisdictionMissouri
Title XIIPUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Ch. 191Health and Welfare

This text of Missouri § 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.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Missouri primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 191.674 (2026).

Text

1.The department of health and senior services may seek in its own name in a court of competent jurisdiction a court order directing an individual to undergo HIV testing without the right of refusal after reasonable efforts have been made by the department to obtain informed consent to HIV testing.  The court shall grant such order whenever there are reasonable grounds to believe that an individual is infected with HIV and there is clear and convincing evidence of a serious and present health threat to others posed by the individual if infected.
2.The record of any suit filed pursuant to this section shall be closed to the public and, at the request of the individual, any hearing shall be held in camera.

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Legislative History

(L. 1988 H.B. 1151 & 1044 § 9) Effective 6-1-88

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