Code of Virginia (Last Updated:July 28, 2020) |
TITLE 32.1. Health |
CHAPTER 2. Disease Prevention and Control |
ARTICLE 5. Venereal Diseases |
SECTION 32.1-56. Information to be provided patients |
It shall be the duty of every physician or other person who examines or treats a person having a venereal disease to provide such person with information about the disease, including, as a minimum, the nature of the disease, methods of treatment, measures used in preventing the spread of such disease, and the necessity of tests to ensure that a cure has been accomplished. Code 1950, § 32-92; 1979, c. 711. |