Rhode Island General Laws 23-6.3-5. Reasonable efforts to secure consent
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No involuntary testing for HIV shall take place under any of the exceptions set forth in § 23-6.3-4, unless reasonable efforts have been made to: (1) Secure voluntary consent from the individual to be tested, or in the case of a minor patient, from the legal parent or guardian of the minor patient; and (2) Provide verbal or written information as specified in § 23-6.3-3(h).
History of Section.
P.L. 2009, ch. 196, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 289, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 23-6.3-5
- Consent: means an explicit exchange of information between a person and a healthcare provider or qualified professional HIV test counselor through which an informed individual can choose whether to undergo HIV testing or decline to do so. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-6.3-2
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- HIV: means the human immunodeficiency virus, the pathogenic organism responsible for HIV infection and/or the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in humans. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-6.3-2