Section 7514 Of Chapter 2. Procedures For Requiring Hiv Testing From California Penal Code >> Title 8. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 2.
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. (a) It shall be the chief medical officer's responsibility to
see that personal counseling is provided to a law enforcement
employee filing a report pursuant to Section 7510, an inmate filing a
request pursuant to Section 7512, and any potential test subject, at
the time the initial report or request for tests is made, at the
time when tests are ordered, and at the time when test results are
provided to the employee, inmate, or test subject.
(b) The chief medical officer may provide additional counseling to
any of these individuals, upon his or her request, or whenever the
chief medical officer deems advisable, and may arrange for the
counseling to be provided in other jurisdictions. The chief medical
officer shall encourage the subject of the report or request, the law
enforcement employee who filed the report, the person who filed the
request pursuant to Section 7512, or in the case of a minor, the
minor on whose behalf the request was filed, to undergo voluntary HIV
or hepatitis B or C testing if the chief medical officer deems it
medically advisable. All testing required by this title or any
voluntary testing resulting from the provisions of this title, shall
be at the expense of the appropriate correctional institution.