As used in this subchapter, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) “Authoritative source” means a physician licensed in the State, superintendent of a State institution or private hospital, medical officers of the armed forces of the State or United States, State and territorial health officers, and personnel of the Department of Health designated by the Commissioner of Health.
(2) “Venereal disease” means syphilis, gonorrhea, and any other sexually transmitted disease that the Department finds to be of significance and amenable to control.