PRINTER'S NO. 623
No. 572 Session of 1993
INTRODUCED BY DeLUCA, FLICK, PESCI, MIHALICH, BELFANTI, DALEY,
STISH, NAILOR, MELIO, ARMSTRONG, CLARK, RAYMOND, KELLER,
CLYMER, LAUGHLIN, YEWCIC, COLAFELLA, STABACK, TRELLO AND
KASUNIC, MARCH 15, 1993
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND WELFARE, MARCH 15, 1993
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 23, 1956 (1955 P.L.1510, No.500),
2 entitled, as amended, "An act providing for the prevention
3 and control of communicable and non-communicable diseases
4 including venereal diseases, fixing responsibility for
5 disease prevention and control, requiring reports of
6 diseases, and authorizing treatment of venereal diseases, and
7 providing for premarital and prenatal blood tests; amending,
8 revising and consolidating the laws relating thereto; and
9 repealing certain acts," providing for certain health care
10 providers who have tested positive for the human
11 immunodeficiency virus.
12 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
13 hereby enacts as follows:
14 Section 1. Section 5 of the act of April 23, 1956 (1955
15 P.L.1510, No.500), known as the Disease Prevention and Control
16 Law of 1955, is amended to read:
17 Section 5. Control Measures.--
18 (a) Upon the receipt by a local board or department of
19 health or by the department, as the case may be, of a report of
20 a disease which is subject to isolation, quarantine, or any
21 other control measure, the local board or department of health
1 or the department shall carry out the appropriate control
2 measures in such manner and in such place as is provided by rule
3 or regulation.
4 (b) A physician or dentist who has tested positive for human
5 immunodeficiency virus (HIV) shall provide written notice of
6 those test results to his patients, as well as to any medical
7 facility where the physician or dentist is employed. The
8 physician or dentist shall refrain from performing any invasive
9 procedure on a patient.
10 (c) A physician or dentist who is found to have violated
11 subsection (b) shall have his license immediately revoked, in
12 accordance with the act of December 20, 1985 (P.L.457, No.112),
13 known as the "Medical Practice Act of 1985."
14 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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