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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
The following are prima facie grounds and reasons for suspecting that a person is infected with a sexually transmitted disease:
(a) Being a person who has been convicted in any court, or before a police judge, or before a magistrate, upon any charge growing out of sexual behavior;
(b) Being a person reported by a physician as infected with a sexually transmitted disease, where the person is afterwards reported as having failed to return for treatment; and
(c) Being a person designated in a sexually transmitted disease report as having a sexual exposure to the infected person reported.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - West Virginia Code Chapter 16. Public Health § 16-4-4. Evidence of infection - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/wv/chapter-16-public-health/wv-code-sect-16-4-4/
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