Download Chapter 7. Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Title 14 - Health and Sanitation
Chapter 7. Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Sections:
Sec. 701. Sexually transmitted diseases
defined............................................................ 1
Sec. 702. Powers and duties of department.... 1
Sec. 703. Rules of department binding. ......... 1
Sec. 704. Duty to report cases. ....................... 1
Sec. 705. Powers and duties of health officers.
........................................................................ 1
Sec. 706. Examination and treatment of
prisoners. ........................................................ 1
Sec. 707. Permissible release of information
concerning infected persons. .......................... 1
Sec. 708. Infected person not to expose
another to sexually transmitted disease. ......... 2
Sec. 709. Violation a misdemeanor................ 2
Sec. 701. Sexually transmitted diseases defined.
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), syphilis, gonorrhea, chancroid, chlamydia genital infections, lymphogranuloma venereum, and granuloma inguinale are sexually transmitted diseases. Sexually transmitted diseases are contagious, infectious, communicable, and dangerous
to public health.
Sec. 702. Powers and duties of department.
The Fort Peck Tribal Health Department shall
undertake to prevent, control, and prescribe treatments for sexually transmitted diseases and may
conduct education campaigns for this purpose.
Sec. 703. Rules of department binding.
Rules adopted by the Fort Peck Tribal Health
Department for carrying out the provisions of this
chapter are binding on all persons and have the
effect of law.
Sec. 704. Duty to report cases.
If a physician or other person knows of has reason to suspect that a person who has a sexually
transmitted disease is behaving in a way that
might expose another to infection, the physician
or person shall immediately notify the Fort Peck
Tribal Health Department of the name and address of the diseased person and the essential
facts in the case.
Sec. 705. Powers and duties of health officers.
(a) If found necessary or desirable to protect
public health, the Director of the Fort Peck Tribal
Health Department or his/her agents shall:
(1) Examine or have examined persons reasonably suspected of being infected with a sexually transmitted disease;
(2) Require persons infected to report for
treatment to a reputable physician and continue
treatment until cured;
(3) Isolate or quarantine persons who refuse
examination or treatment;
(4) Investigate sources of infection of a sexually transmitted disease.
(b) No one but the Director of the Fort Peck
Tribal Health Department may terminate the isolation or quarantine. Examinations may be made
repeatedly as deemed advisable or desirable.
Sec. 706. Examination and treatment of prisoners.
Any person incarcerated within the Reservation
may be examined for a sexually transmitted disease. If infected, the person must be treated by
health authorities.
Sec. 707. Permissible release of information
concerning infected persons.
(a) Information concerning persons infected or
reasonably suspected to be infected with a sexually transmitted disease may be released only:
(1) To the Director of the Fort Peck Tribal
Health Department or his/her designated agent;
(2) To a physician who has written consent of
the person whose record is requested.
(b) For the purposes of this section, the term
“information” includes all knowledge or intelligence and all communications of all knowledge
or intelligence, oral or written or in record form,
and also includes but is not limited to information
concerning the location or nature of the activities
or work of all Tribal, state, or federal employees
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or officers engaged in sexually transmitted disease eradication work. Communications to and
from personnel are privileged.
(c) The purpose of this section is to protect and
preserve the principle of confidentiality in sexually transmitted disease work by Tribal, state
and federal public service personnel, as confidentiality is important to success of all sexually transmitted disease eradication work and endeavor,
and to require that the principle of confidentiality
in the work remain inviolate.
Sec. 708. Infected person not to expose another to sexually transmitted disease.
A person infected with a sexually transmitted
disease may not knowingly expose another person to infection.
Sec. 709. Violation a misdemeanor.
A person who violates provisions of this chapter or rules adopted by the Fort Peck Tribal Health
Department concerning a sexually transmitted
disease or who fails or refuses to obey a lawful
order of the Director of the Fort Peck Tribal
Health Department is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class A misdemeanor for the second and subsequent offenses.
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