When a laboratory report for a test ordered by a health care
provider for a subject indicates that the subject is infected with an STI, the
ordering health care provider or the ordering health care provider's designee
shall:
1. Describe the test results to
the subject;
2. Provide or arrange
for the subject to receive the following information about the STI for which
the subject was tested:
a. A description of
the infection or syndrome caused by the STI, including its symptoms;
b. Treatment options for the STI and where
treatment may be obtained;
c. A
description of how the STI is transmitted to others;
d. A description of measures to reduce the
likelihood of transmitting the STI to others and that it is necessary to
continue the measures until the infection is eliminated;
e. That it is necessary for the subject to
notify individuals who may have been infected by the subject that the
individuals need to be tested for the STI;
f. The availability of assistance from local
health agencies or other resources; and
g. The confidential nature of the subject's
test results;
3. Report
the information required in
R9-6-202 to a local health agency;
and
4. If the subject is pregnant
and is a syphilis case, inform the subject of the requirement that the subject
obtain serologic testing for syphilis according to R9-6-391.
Notes
Ariz. Admin.
Code §
R9-6-1102
New Section made by
final rulemaking at 14 A.A.R. 1502, effective April 1, 2008 (Supp. 08-2).
Amended by final rulemaking at
23
A.A.R. 2608, effective 1/1/2018. Amended by final expedited rulemaking at
29
A.A.R. 3633, effective 11/8/2023. Amended by final rulemaking at
31
A.A.R. 1320, effective 6/2/2025.
