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139A.34 EXAMINATION OF PERSONS SUSPECTED.
The local board shall cause an examination to be made of every
person reasonably suspected, on the basis of epidemiological
investigation, of having any sexually transmitted disease or
infection in the infectious stages to ascertain if such person is
infected and, if infected, to cause such person to be treated. A
person who is under the care and treatment of a health care provider
for the suspected condition shall not be subjected to such
examination. If a person suspected of having a sexually transmitted
disease or infection refuses to submit to an examination voluntarily,
application may be made by the local board to the district court for
an order compelling the person to submit to examination and, if
infected, to treatment. The person shall be treated until certified
as no longer infectious to the local board or to the department. If
treatment is ordered by the district court, the attending health care
provider shall certify that the person is no longer infectious. Section History: Recent Form
2000 Acts, ch 1066, §30
