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Section 37 | Department authorized to test offenders for communicable disease. |
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64-13-37. Department authorized to test offenders for communicable disease. (1) As used in this section, "communicable disease" means: (a) an illness due to a specific infectious agent or its toxic products, which arises through transmission of that agent or its products from a reservoir to a susceptible host either directly, as from an infected person or animal, or indirectly, through an intermediate plant or animal host, vector, or the inanimate environment; and (b) a disease designated by the Department of Health by rule as a communicable disease in accordance with Section 26-6-7. (2) The department may: (a) test an offender for a communicable disease upon admission or within a reasonable time after admission to a correctional facility; and (b) periodically retest the offender for a communicable disease during the time the offender is in the custody of the department.
Enacted by Chapter 277, 1993 General Session |
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