Section 64-13-37 - Department authorized to test offenders for communicable disease(1) As used in this section, "communicable disease" means: (a) an illness due to a specific infectious agent or its toxic products, which arises through transmission of that agent or its products from a reservoir to a susceptible host either directly, as from an infected person or animal, or indirectly, through an intermediate plant or animal host, vector, or the inanimate environment; and(b) a disease designated by the Department of Health and Human Services by rule as a communicable disease in accordance with Section 26B-7-207.(2) The department may: (a) test an offender for a communicable disease upon admission or within a reasonable time after admission to a correctional facility; and(b) periodically retest the offender for a communicable disease during the time the offender is in the custody of the department.Amended by Chapter 330, 2023 General Session ,§ 12, eff. 5/3/2023.Enacted by Chapter 277, 1993 General Session