It shall be the duty of every physician or other person who examines or treats a person having a venereal disease to provide such person with information about the disease, including, as a minimum, the nature of the disease, methods of treatment, measures used in preventing the spread of such disease, and the necessity of tests to ensure that a cure has been accomplished.

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Terms Used In Virginia Code 32.1-56

  • Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, or association or any other legal entity. See Virginia Code 32.1-3
  • venereal disease: includes syphilis, gonorrhea, chancroid, granuloma inguinale, lymphogranuloma venereum and any other sexually transmittable disease determined by the Board to be dangerous to the public health. See Virginia Code 32.1-55

Code 1950, § 32-92; 1979, c. 711.