§ 20-16-501 - Notification required. - Arkansas Statutes

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 Division of Health Maintenance 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.