§ 2133 — Contact tracing of cases of AIDS, HIV related illness or HIV infection

§ 2133. Contact tracing of cases of AIDS, HIV related illness or HIV\ninfection. 1. Every municipal health commissioner or the department's\ndistrict health officer, upon determination that such reported case or,\nany other known case of HIV infection merits contact tracing in order to\nprotect the public health, shall personally or through their qualified\nrepresentatives notify the known contacts of the protected individual.\nSuch contact tracing shall be done consistent with protocols developed\npursuant to section twenty-one hundred thirty-seven of this title.\n 2. Such contact shall also be informed of (a) the nature of HIV, (b)\nthe known routes of transmission of the virus, (c) as circumstances may\nrequire, the risks of prenatal and perinatal transmission, (d) actions\nhe or she can take to limit further transmission of the virus, (e) other\nfacilities or community based organizations which are accessible to the\nperson that provide counseling, medical care and treatment, further\ninformation or other appropriate services for persons infected with HIV.\n 3. In notifying any contact identified in the course of any\ninvestigation conducted pursuant to this section, the physician or\npublic health officer shall not disclose the identity of the protected\nindividual or the identify of any other contact.\n 4. A physician or public health officer making a notification to a\ncontact pursuant to this section shall make such notification in person\nexcept where circumstances reasonably prevent doing so.\n