Any laboratory performing a positive laboratory test for a sexually transmitted disease shall make a report of the case or positive laboratory test for a sexually transmitted disease to the Department of Health and Environmental Control in the form and manner as the department directs and shall cooperate with the Department of Health and Environmental Control and local boards of health in preventing the spread of sexually transmitted diseases.
S.C. Code Ann. § 44-29-80
Laboratories shall report positive tests and cooperate in preventing spread of sexually transmitted disease
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Doe v. American Red Cross Blood Services, S.C. Region (1989)
Most recently applied in Doe v. American Red Cross Blood Services, S.C. Region (June 1989)
1962 Code SECTION 32-593.1; 1962 (52) 1923; 1988 Act No. 490, SECTION 5.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.