Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. The Office of Preventive and Public Health Services (OPPHS) administers the Venereal Disease Control Program to protect the public against sexually-transmitted (i.e. venereal) diseases. The purpose of the program is to prevent death, disability and social loss by reducing and preventing the incidence of sexually-transmitted diseases through treatment of infected patients and the identification of potentially infectious patients and their medical evaluation.La. Admin. Code tit. 48, § V-8701
Promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Resources, Office of Preventive and Public Health Services, LR 13:246 (April 1987).AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S 40:1061-1068.