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§ 24-2B-4 NMSA 1978

Mandatory counseling

Known as the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Test Act

The act spans §§ 24–24 (12 sections).

Laws 1989, ch. 227, § 4; 2013, ch. 72, § 1.

No positive test result shall be revealed to the person upon whom the test was performed without providing or referring that person for individual counseling about:

A. the meaning of the test results;

B. the possible need for additional testing;

C. the availability of appropriate health care services, including mental health care, social and support services; and

D. the benefits of locating and counseling any individual by whom the infected person may have been exposed to the human immunodeficiency virus and any individual whom the infected person may have exposed to the human immunodeficiency virus.

Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.