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Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection
Chapter 5 - Prevention of Diseases
Part 7 - Tennessee Hiv Pregnancy Screening Act of 1997
§ 68-5-702. Purpose
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TN Code § 68-5-702 (2021)
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The purpose of this part is to require all providers of health care services who assume responsibility for the prenatal care of pregnant women during gestation, except in cases where women refuse testing, to test these women for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and to provide referral into appropriate medical and social services for those women who test positive.
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