§ 35-4-134 — Examination and treatment of prisoners

(a) Any individual confined or imprisoned in any state
penal institution, county or city jail or any community
correctional facility shall be examined for sexually transmitted
diseases by the appropriate health officer or his qualified
designee.
(b) To suppress the spread of sexually transmitted disease
among the confined population, the health officer or his
qualified designee may:
(i) Isolate prisoners infected with a treatable
illness within the facility and require them to report for
treatment by a licensed physician; or
(ii) In the case of an individual infected with a
noncurable sexually transmitted disease, provide for the minimum
care and treatment of the individual pursuant to rules
promulgated by the department of health with the advice of the
department of corrections.
(c) Nothing herein contained shall be construed to
interfere with the service of any sentence imposed by a court as
a punishment for the commission of a crime.