2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 19a-594. Pregnant women and newborn testing public awareness programs and health care provider training.
Sec. 19a-594. Pregnant women and newborn testing public awareness programs and health care provider training. (a) The Department of Public Health may
develop and implement a comprehensive training program designed to reach all health
care providers who are required by the provisions of sections 19a-90, 19a-555 and 19a-593 to provide counseling or testing for HIV of pregnant women or newborns. The
training program may include instruction on but not be limited to: The requirements of
the provisions of sections 19a-90 and 19a-555; the requirements of this chapter; the
benefits of such HIV testing for pregnant women; the possible interventions to prevent
HIV transmission from a pregnant woman and her fetus or newborn; the side effects of
such interventions; appropriate protocols for the counseling, testing and treatment of
adolescents and their newborns; the statutory confidentiality provisions that relate to
adolescents; resources available for health care, case management, counseling and treatment for people with HIV and AIDS; and, the sanctions for violation of the provisions
of sections 19a-90 and 19a-555 and of this chapter.
(c) Any health care provider who performs an HIV test on a newborn under the provisions of sections 19a-90, 19a-555 and 19a-593 shall report the results of such test to the mother of such newborn before the mother leaves the hospital or within forty-eight hours of the birth of such newborn whichever is sooner. Such provider shall refer any women whose newborn tests positive for HIV to an HIV case manager and an appropriate health care provider. Such provider shall also give the woman a list of support services for people with HIV and AIDS.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-2, S. 17.)
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