Title 26 Utah Health Code Chapter 6 Utah Communicable Disease Control Act Section 19 Venereal disease -- Examination and treatment of persons in prison or jail.
26-6-19.Venereal disease -- Examination and treatment of persons in prison or
jail.
(1) All persons confined in any state, county, or city prison or jail shall be examined, and
if infected, treated for venereal diseases by the health authorities. The prison authorities of every
state, county, or city prison or jail shall make available to the health authorities such portion of the
prison or jail as may be necessary for a clinic or hospital wherein all persons suffering with
venereal disease at the time of the expiration of their terms of imprisonment, shall be isolated and
treated at public expense until cured.
(2) The department may require persons suffering with venereal disease at the time of the
expiration of their terms of imprisonment to report for treatment to a licensed physician or submit
to treatment provided at public expense in lieu of isolation. Nothing in this section shall interfere
with the service of any sentence imposed by a court as a punishment for the commission of crime.
Enacted by Chapter 126, 1981 General Session
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