SB 5172 - DIGEST

(SEE ALSO PROPOSED 1ST SUB)

     Requires that local health departments authorized under chapter 70.24 RCW shall conduct or cause to be conducted pretest counseling, HIV testing, and posttest counseling of all persons who are offenders or arrested or detained persons and who have subjected a law enforcement officer, fire fighter, health care provider, health care facility staff person, department of corrections staff person, jail staff person, or other category of employee, as determined by the board, to substantial exposure to their bodily fluids.  Persons tested under this provision shall also be tested for hepatitis B.