West Virginia § 16-4-4 Evidence of infection

West Virginia Statutes

§ 16-4-4 — Evidence of infection

West Virginia § 16-4-4

Ch. 16PUBLIC HEALTH

Art. 4SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES

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W. Va. Code § 16-4-4 (2026).

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The following are prima facie grounds and reasons for suspecting that a person is infected with a sexually transmitted disease:

(a)Being a person who has been convicted in any court, or before a police judge, or before a magistrate, upon any charge growing out of sexual behavior;

(b)Being a person reported by a physician as infected with a sexually transmitted disease, where the person is afterwards reported as having failed to return for treatment; and

(c)Being a person designated in a sexually transmitted disease report as having a sexual exposure to the infected person reported.

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The following are prima facie grounds and reasons for suspecting that a person is infected with a sexually transmitted disease:

(a) Being a person who has been convicted in any court, or before a police judge, or before a magistrate, upon any charge growing out of sexual behavior;

(b) Being a person reported by a physician as infected with a sexually transmitted disease, where the person is afterwards reported as having failed to return for treatment; and

(c) Being a person designated in a sexually transmitted disease report as having a sexual exposure to the infected person reported.