Ariz. Admin. Code § 9-6-1102

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 45, November 8, 2024

Section R9-6-1102 - Health Care Provider Requirements

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 R9-6-381.

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.