AIDS Prevention Act

The act addresses HIV infection, HIV-related conditions, and AIDS, directing that they be handled within the same public health framework that governs other communicable diseases rather than under a separate regime. It mandates HIV testing of donors of organs, tissues, and semen, and provides for screening in other settings — including pretest information for those being tested and screening in prenatal care and at labor and delivery. It also restricts disclosure of HIV-related records while allowing for notification of contacts, backing those confidentiality duties with penalties for unlawful disclosure and a civil remedy for those harmed by violations.

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