§ 23-11-3. Compulsory treatment of infected persons.
The department of health is empowered to require persons who are in an infectious condition with a sexually transmitted disease to report for treatment to a licensed physician and to continue treatment until cured of his or her infectious condition. Any person suffering from any sexually transmitted disease while in the infectious and contagious stage of that disease who refuses to report for treatment, or who refuses to continue treatment, shall be isolated and treated until that person has been pronounced by a licensed physician to be noninfectious and no longer a danger to the public health.
History of Section.P.L. 1921, ch. 2081, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 163, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 257, § 4; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 180; G.L. 1956, § 23-11-3; P.L. 1986, ch. 246, § 2; P.L. 1986, ch. 436, § 2.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 23-11 - Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Section 23-11-1. - Diseases declared contagious — Exposure of another to infection.
Section 23-11-3. - Compulsory treatment of infected persons.
Section 23-11-4. - State laboratory facilities and treatment.
Section 23-11-5. - Reports of cases by public and private institutions.
Section 23-11-6. - Reports by physicians.
Section 23-11-7. - Penalty for failure to report.
Section 23-11-8. - Blood test of pregnant women.
Section 23-11-10. - Investigation of suspected cases and sources.
Section 23-11-11. - Power to examine suspected cases — Right of suspect to own physician.
Section 23-11-12. - Refusal to submit to examination.
Section 23-11-13. - Appropriations and disbursements.
Section 23-11-14. - Reports by public and private laboratories.
Section 23-11-15. - Report not violation of physician-patient relationship.
Section 23-11-16. - Violations — Penalties.
Section 23-11-17. - Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing.
Section 23-11-18. - Legislative findings.
Section 23-11-19. - Exchange of hypodermic needles and syringes.