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64-13-37. Department authorized to test offenders for communicable disease.
(1) As used in this section, "communicable disease" means:
(a) an illness due to a specific infectious agent or its toxic products, which arises throughtransmission of that agent or its products from a reservoir to a susceptible host either directly, asfrom an infected person or animal, or indirectly, through an intermediate plant or animal host,vector, or the inanimate environment; and
(b) a disease designated by the Department of Health by rule as a communicable diseasein accordance with Section 26-6-7.
(2) The department may:
(a) test an offender for a communicable disease upon admission or within a reasonabletime after admission to a correctional facility; and
(b) periodically retest the offender for a communicable disease during the time theoffender is in the custody of the department.

Enacted by Chapter 277, 1993 General Session

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64-13-37. Department authorized to test offenders for communicable disease.
(1) As used in this section, "communicable disease" means:
(a) an illness due to a specific infectious agent or its toxic products, which arises throughtransmission of that agent or its products from a reservoir to a susceptible host either directly, asfrom an infected person or animal, or indirectly, through an intermediate plant or animal host,vector, or the inanimate environment; and
(b) a disease designated by the Department of Health by rule as a communicable diseasein accordance with Section 26-6-7.
(2) The department may:
(a) test an offender for a communicable disease upon admission or within a reasonabletime after admission to a correctional facility; and
(b) periodically retest the offender for a communicable disease during the time theoffender is in the custody of the department.

Enacted by Chapter 277, 1993 General Session

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64-13-37. Department authorized to test offenders for communicable disease.
(1) As used in this section, "communicable disease" means:
(a) an illness due to a specific infectious agent or its toxic products, which arises throughtransmission of that agent or its products from a reservoir to a susceptible host either directly, asfrom an infected person or animal, or indirectly, through an intermediate plant or animal host,vector, or the inanimate environment; and
(b) a disease designated by the Department of Health by rule as a communicable diseasein accordance with Section 26-6-7.
(2) The department may:
(a) test an offender for a communicable disease upon admission or within a reasonabletime after admission to a correctional facility; and
(b) periodically retest the offender for a communicable disease during the time theoffender is in the custody of the department.

Enacted by Chapter 277, 1993 General Session