Utah Code 53-10-804. Victim notification and counseling
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Terms Used In Utah Code 53-10-804
- Department: means the Department of Public Safety. See Utah Code 53-10-102
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
(1)(a) The Department of Health of Human Services shall provide the victim who requests testing of the alleged sexual offender’s human immunodeficiency virus status counseling regarding HIV disease and referral for appropriate health care and support services.
(1)(b) If the local health department in whose jurisdiction the victim resides and the Department of Health and Human Services agree, the Department of Health and Human Services shall forward a report of the alleged sexual offender’s human immunodeficiency virus status to the local health department and the local health department shall provide the victim who requests the test with the test results, counseling regarding HIV disease, and referral for appropriate health care and support services.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 26B-7-217, the Department of Health and Human Services and a local health department acting pursuant to an agreement made under Subsection (1) may disclose to the victim the results of the alleged sexual offender’s human immunodeficiency virus status as provided in this section.