The South Carolina house of representatives has eliminated a state requirement that school nurses and school district superintendents be notified when a student tests positive for HIV, South Carolina’s The State reports (thestatecom.typepad.com, 5/28).
The state’s Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) will still be notified of all positive test results, however.
According to the article, school nurses and superintendents can be told that a student is living with HIV, hepatitis, or other blood-borne infection only if the school reports to the DHEC that the student has come into contact with another person’s blood through, for example, a fight or sporting event.
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Raphael, New York, 2008-10-15 06:41:22
Policing the rights of HIV+ individuals by giving one institution/individual the right to make "personalized" decisions that affect any one person's 'right to' would be unacceptable power mediocrity at the helm.
"I'm HIV positive and diabetic (as well as have high cholesterol) and some of my meds specify taking them with 'high fat foods' which I have to do twice a day. I've eaten as healthy as possible, but when it comes to high fat foods, I am in a quandary...about what to eat sometimes..."
