§ 11-34.1-12. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).
(a) Any person convicted of a violation of any provisions of this chapter shall be provided
the option to be tested for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).
(b) The department of health shall maintain sites for providing both anonymous and confidential
HIV testing, and HIV counseling and referral. Each site, funded by the department
of health, shall offer free testing, counseling, and referral for indigent parties
and other individuals without health insurance, offer a sliding scale for payment
for all other individuals and, in the case of confidential testin
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§ 11-34.1-12. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).
(a) Any person convicted of a violation of any provisions of this chapter shall be provided
the option to be tested for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).
(b) The department of health shall maintain sites for providing both anonymous and confidential
HIV testing, and HIV counseling and referral. Each site, funded by the department
of health, shall offer free testing, counseling, and referral for indigent parties
and other individuals without health insurance, offer a sliding scale for payment
for all other individuals and, in the case of confidential testing, screen for ability
to pay through a third-party insurer. In the case of nonfunded sites for HIV testing,
organizations and/or institutions performing the test shall offer free testing, counseling,
and referral for indigent parties and other individuals without health insurance.
(c) All persons tested under this section shall be provided pre-test and post-test counseling
by individuals trained by the department of health, as an HIV testing counselor, in
accordance with regulations promulgated by the department of health; provided, that
the counseling shall be in accordance with acceptable medical standards.
(d) All persons who are tested under this section, who are determined to be injecting
drug users, shall be referred to appropriate sources of substance abuse treatment
by the HIV testing counselor and/or the attending practitioner as follows:
(1) Those persons who test positive for HIV infection shall be given priority for those
outpatient substance abuse treatment programs that are sponsored or supported by the
appropriate state agency responsible for these services.
(2) Those persons who are injecting drug users and test negative for HIV infection shall
be referred, by the HIV testing counselor and/or attending practitioner, to the appropriate
state agency responsible for these services for earliest possible evaluation and treatment.