Okla. Admin. Code § 310:521-5-3

Current through Vol. 42, No. 7, December 16, 2024

Section 310:521-5-3 - Standards of HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment

(a) The Commissioner shall establish surveillance to identify all cases of HIV or AIDS in Oklahoma. All persons suspected of having AIDS or being HIV positive shall be investigated to establish or exclude the diagnosis of AIDS or being HIV positive.

(b) All health care providers, laboratories and county health departments are required to notify HIV/STD Service surveillance section of all reported cases of HIV and AIDS within 24 hours of diagnosis or notice. Upon receipt of reports to the surveillance section, the information will be entered into the HIV/AIDS database and a Disease Intervention Specialist (DIS) will be assigned to the report for case investigation and performance of PCRS.

(c) PCRS shall, at a minimum, include assisting HIV positive persons with informing their partners about potential exposure to HIV, how the risk of exposure can be decreased or minimized, or if already infected, how transmission to others may be prevented or avoided, and to information that will aid the infected person and his partners to gain access to counseling, testing, medical treatment, prevention and other services. Additionally, PCRS shall include any information that is generally scientifically accepted regarding measures that can be adopted or implemented to prevent the transmission of HIV or AIDS, including:

(1) Abstinence from sexual activity.

(2) If abstinence is not practiced, the correct use of an effective barrier protection device such as a latex condom.

(3) Refraining from sharing intravenous needles or other invasive drug injection devices.

(4) Refraining from the donation of blood, plasma, body organs or other tissue or semen.

(d) PCRS may include, as necessary and indicated, the following recommendations to a HIV positive person:

(1) Regular meetings with a Disease Intervention Specialist to monitor compliance with recommended PCRS.

(2) Seeking or remaining in the care of a physician who can monitor progression of the person's HIV infection, and when indicated by the physician, take such HIV medications, including HAART, that will reduce or stabilize the person's viral load.

(3) Periodic evaluations for tuberculosis, hepatitis, or any recognized form of sexually transmitted disease.

(4) Disclosure to all personal health care providers to or from whom the person seeks or receives care (physicians, dentists, nurses or other health care workers), that the person is HIV-positive.

(5) Disclosure, prior to engaging or contemplating the engagement of any sexual activity or other transmission activity, to all partners or participants, that the person is HIV-positive.

(e) If a person identified as HIV positive or diagnosed with AIDS refuses to voluntarily engage in PCRS is reported to have engaged in sexual activity without observing PCRS recommendations a compliance order will be issued to the person mandating compliance with PCRS recommendations.

Okla. Admin. Code § 310:521-5-3

Added at 24 Ok Reg 1981, eff 6-25-07