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     611A.20 Notice of risk of sexually transmitted disease. 

    Subdivision 1.    Notice required.  A hospital shall 
 give a written notice about sexually transmitted diseases to a 
 person receiving medical services in the hospital who reports or 
 evidences a sexual assault or other unwanted sexual contact or 
 sexual penetration.  When appropriate, the notice must be given 
 to the parent or guardian of the victim. 

    Subd. 2.    Contents of notice.  The commissioners of 
 public safety and corrections, in consultation with sexual 
 assault victim advocates and health care professionals, shall 
 develop the notice required by subdivision 1.  The notice must 
 inform the victim of: 

    (1) the risk of contracting sexually transmitted diseases 
 as a result of a sexual assault; 

    (2) the symptoms of sexually transmitted diseases; 

    (3) recommendations for periodic testing for the diseases, 
 where appropriate; 

    (4) locations where confidential testing is done and the 
 extent of the confidentiality provided; 

    (5) information necessary to make an informed decision 
 whether to request a test of the offender under section 611A.19; 
 and 

    (6) other medically relevant information. 

    HIST: 1990 c 436 s 1; 1992 c 569 s 28 

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