Revision: Jan. 12, 2010, midnight
SB 320 – AS INTRODUCED
2010 SESSION
01/09
SENATE BILL 320
AN ACT relative to occupational exposure to the human immunodeficiency virus.
SPONSORS: Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 24; Sen. Sgambati, Dist 4; Rep. E. Merrick, Coos 2; Rep. Rosenwald, Hills 22
COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services
This bill allows an individual who has had an occupational exposure to an unconscious person’s blood or bodily fluids to be expeditiously tested for the human immunodeficiency virus.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
10-2787
01/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten
AN ACT relative to occupational exposure to the human immunodeficiency virus.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Human Immunodeficiency Virus; Consent for Testing. Amend RSA 141-F:5, V to read as follows:
V. A physician licensed to practice in this state, or a person authorized by the physician, may, without obtaining consent to the testing, test for the presence of an antibody or antigen to a human immunodeficiency virus when the person being tested is incapable of giving informed consent and when a test for the presence of an antibody or antigen to a human immunodeficiency virus is immediately necessary to protect the health of the person or an individual who has had an occupational exposure to the person’s blood or bodily fluids.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.