Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Are there any laws or policies that have been created to slow the spread of HIV/AIDS

Are there any laws or policies that have been created to slow the spread of HIV/AIDS?
Im not sure if there are any governmental laws or rules set in place about HIV/AIDS. Are there laws that protect victims? prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS?
Infectious Diseases - 8 Answers
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1 :
you can't stop people from having sex.
2 :
Prostitution is illegal..
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Most legislation pushed through the Senate has been to increase funding to aid organizations or to send tons of shipments of medication. whether these go far to actually solve the problems or reach those in need has yet to be determined.
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if you knowingly spread AIDS you can be prosecuted by law for reckless endangerment, it becomes reckless homicide if they die. I think it varies by state though.
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I don't know what you mean there. Some people are born with HIV, how can there be laws that slow that down? But what I do know is that people do a lot of things to help slow it. for one exampls, dentists use brand new tools every time, they don't sterilize things.
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There is legislation to protect the public from malicious infection. Thus if an HIV infected individual knowingly has unprotected sex with people, they can be held accountable and go to prison.
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there is no protection from it except safe sex and getting yourself checked out regulary, however if you give some one AIDS,HIV it can be deemed as manslaughter and there have been such cases i personally feel it should be murder if they know they have it and spread it but at the same time its the other persons fault for not using protection i still feel a manslaughter charge is too week
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There is a law that deals with confidentiality of results and the fact that HIV testing requires written consent, but I don't know the name of the Act. Also, in many states, it is illegal to have unprotected sex with someone if you are HIV+ and did not tell the person about your infection prior to having sex with them. In PA, people are required to sign a consent form before being tested for HIV, and results can't be released to anyone without the person's written permission, even if the person is as young as age 14. Also, I am required to give results in person. I am not allowed to give results over the phone or by mail, because the person calling may not be who they say they are, and someone else could wind up opening the person's mail by mistake. These rules are to protect the confidentiality of the person being tested.

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