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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 1 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. 2