26:4-48.1 - Optional treatment of persons opposed to medical treatment on religious grounds
26:4-48.1.Ā Optional treatment of persons opposed to medical treatment on religious grounds
In any quarantine for venereal disease or any commitment or court order imposed by authority of this act upon any person who, since immediately prior to the onset of the person's infection with a venereal disease, has been continuously a member of a well-recognized church, the principles of which are opposed to medical treatment for disease, any requirement to follow a course ofĀ medical treatment shall be optional, but in such case the termination of theĀ period of quarantine, commitment or applicability of the court order shall beĀ determined by the duration of the infectious stage of the disease, as definedĀ by the State Department of Health;Ā provided, however, that nothing hereinĀ shall be construed as exempting any such person from any other provision ofĀ this act, including the requirements to submit to medical examination and toĀ supply specimens or permit such specimens to be taken, where such person has orĀ there are reasonable grounds to believe such person may have a venereal diseaseĀ in an infectious stage.
L.1945, c. 104, p. 452, s. 6.
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In any quarantine for venereal disease or any commitment or court order imposed by authority of this act upon any person who, since immediately prior to the onset of the person's infection with a venereal disease, has been continuously a member of a well-recognized church, the principles of which are opposed to medical treatment for disease, any requirement to follow a course ofĀ medical treatment shall be optional, but in such case the termination of theĀ period of quarantine, commitment or applicability of the court order shall beĀ determined by the duration of the infectious stage of the disease, as definedĀ by the State Department of Health;Ā provided, however, that nothing hereinĀ shall be construed as exempting any such person from any other provision ofĀ this act, including the requirements to submit to medical examination and toĀ supply specimens or permit such specimens to be taken, where such person has orĀ there are reasonable grounds to believe such person may have a venereal diseaseĀ in an infectious stage.
L.1945, c. 104, p. 452, s. 6.
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