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KRS 215.550

Responsibilities of persons diagnosed with active tuberculosis

Effective: July 15, 1996 History: Amended 1996 Ky

(1) A person diagnosed with active tuberculosis which can be communicated from person to person shall have a legal responsibility to take reasonable precautions to prevent the transmission of the infection to others.

(2) No person diagnosed as having active tuberculosis for which further examination or treatment is determined to be necessary shall, when informed of the need for examination or treatment, refuse to submit to the examination or treatment upon the reasonable request of the cabinet or a local health department.

(3) A person diagnosed with active tuberculosis shall take all precautions, as prescribed by the cabinet or a local health department, for the prevention of transmission of that infection. The precautions shall be the least restrictive to the person which are possible without sacrificing the efficacy of protection.

Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.