Any person applying for a license or the renewal of a license as a professional boxer or martial arts fighter must present HIV and hepatitis C antibody and hepatitis B antigen tests to the commission. Information received under this section and any other medical information about an applicant or licensee shall be confidential and not subject to discovery or subpoena
Blood banks and plasma centers shall test the blood for viral hepatitis and HIV. If the blood bank or plasma center finds the presence of viral hepatitis, or an antigen thereof, in the blood tested, it shall report that finding with all necessary identifying information to the local health officer.
A physician, hospital, or other health care provider shall report all AIDS cases, HIV infections, and viral hepatitis infections to the local health officer with the information required, and within the timeframes established by the department.
A law enforcement employee who believes that she came into contact with the bodily fluids of an inmate, a person arrested or taken into custody, a person charged with a crime, or a person on parole or probation must report the incident to the chief medical officer. The law enforcement employee may also request an HIV or hepatitis B or C test of the person.
The chief medical officer may require HIV or hepatitis B or C testing for subjects of reports even if not requested by the reporting law enforcement employee, if she believes there is a significant risk of infection given the nature of the employee's contact with the subject's bodily fluids.
An inmate in a correctional institution or juvenile facility may request an HIV or hepatitis B or C test of another inmate if he believes that he came into contact with the bodily fluids of that inmate. The chief medical officer shall decide on whether to submit inmate to mandatory testing. In the case of a minor in a juvenile facility, the facility must notify the parent of minor to be tested and obtain permission for testing.
The chief medical officer may order an HIV or hepatitis test of an inmate if she decides there are clinical symptoms of HIV infection, AIDS, or hepatitis B or C. A copy of such decision must be given to the inmate and to parents when the inmate is a minor.
A correctional institution employee may file a written report with the chief medical officer upon observing or being informed of an occurrence of an activity classified as causing the transmission of the AIDS virus. The chief medical officer may investigate the report to determine whether there was a likely exchange of bodily fluids that could result in the transmission of AIDS. Upon such a determination, the chief medical officer may require HIV testing of affected inmates.
