Arkansas Code § 20-16-501 - Notification Required

(a) Any person who determines by laboratory examination that a specimen derived from a human body yields microscopical, cultural, serological, or other evidence suggestive of those sexually transmitted diseases enumerated in subsection (b) of this section shall notify the HIV/STD/Hepatitis C Section of the Department of Health of such findings.

(b) Notice shall be given for the following conditions or diseases:

(1) Syphilis;

(2) Gonorrhea;

(3) Chancroid;

(4) Lymphogranuloma Venereum; and

(5) Granuloma Inguinale.

(c) Specific reportable sexually transmitted disease tests are:

(1) All reactive or positive and weakly reactive or doubtful serological tests for syphilis;

(2) All reactive or positive and weakly reactive or doubtful spinal fluid serological tests for syphilis;

(3) All positive darkfield microscopic tests for treponema pallidum;

(4) All positive gonococcal smears or cultures; and

(5) All positive tests indicating the presence of Ducrey's bacillus, known as chancroid, or Donovan bodies, known as Granuloma Inguinale, or filterable virus, known as Lymphogranuloma Venereum.

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Last modified: November 15, 2016