TITLE 39

HEALTH AND SAFETY

CHAPTER 6

CONTROL OF VENEREAL DISEASES

39-601. Venereal diseases enumerated. Syphilis, gonorrhea, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), AIDS related complexes (ARC), other manifestations of HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) infections, chancroid and hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections, hereinafter designated as venereal diseases, are hereby declared to be contagious, infectious, communicable and dangerous to public health; and it shall be unlawful for anyone infected with these diseases or any of them to knowingly expose another person to the infection of such diseases.