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76-5-501. Definitions.
For purposes of this part:
(1) "Convicted sexual offender" means a person or a juvenile as provided in Subsection76-5-502(1).
(2) "Department of Health" means the state Department of Health as defined in Section26-1-2.
(3) "HIV infection" means an indication of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)infection determined by current medical standards and detected by any of the following:
(a) presence of antibodies to HIV, verified by a positive "confirmatory" test, such asWestern blot or other method approved by the Utah State Health Laboratory. Western blotinterpretation will be based on criteria currently recommended by the Association of State andTerritorial Public Health Laboratory Directors;
(b) presence of HIV antigen;
(c) isolation of HIV; or
(d) demonstration of HIV proviral DNA.
(4) "HIV positive individual" means a person who is HIV positive as determined by theState Health Laboratory.
(5) "Local department of health" means the department as defined in Subsection26A-1-102(5).
(6) "Positive" means an indication of the HIV infection as defined in Subsection (3).
(7) "Sexual offense" means a violation of state law prohibiting a sexual offense underTitle 76, Chapter 5, Part 4.
(8) "Test" or "testing" means a test or tests for HIV infection conducted by and inaccordance with standards recommended by the Department of Health.

Enacted by Chapter 40, 1993 General Session