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                          HOUSE BILL 2914

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State of Washington      55th Legislature     1998 Regular Session

By Representatives Dyer, Talcott, Backlund, Bush, Mielke, Sump, Crouse, Benson, Smith, Mulliken, Boldt, Lambert, Carlson, Carrell, Sehlin, Huff, Sullivan, Thompson, L. Thomas and Lisk

Read first time 01/22/98.  Referred to Committee on Health Care.

Diagnosing and reporting sexually transmitted diseases.

    AN ACT Relating to the diagnosis and reporting of sexually transmitted diseases; and amending RCW 70.24.050.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

    Sec. 1.  RCW 70.24.050 and 1988 c 206 s 907 are each amended to read as follows:

Physicians shall confirm diagnosis of a sexually transmitted disease in every instance ((must be confirmed)) by laboratory tests or examinations in a laboratory approved or conducted in accordance with procedures and such other requirements as may be established by the board.  Physicians and laboratories ((testing for HIV)) shall report confirmed positive HIV test results to the local health jurisdiction in the county in which the infected person resides, and shall report anonymous HIV ((prevalence)) test results to the department, for health statistics purposes, in a manner established by the board.

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