192.036. Information on hepatitis C for physicians, health professionals and training providers. - Missouri Statutes

Information on hepatitis C for physicians, health professionals andtraining providers.

192.036. 1. The department of health and senior services shall use thestrategies, protocols, and guidelines adopted by the National Institutes ofHealth on hepatitis C for educating physicians and health professionals andtraining providers on the most recent scientific and medical information onhepatitis C detection, diagnosis, treatment, and therapeutic decision making.The guidelines may include, but not be limited to the following:

(1) Tracking and reporting of both acute and chronic cases of hepatitisC by public health officials;

(2) A cost-efficient plan to screen the prison population subject tospecific line item appropriation; and

(3) After one year of screening, a report shall be issued to the generalassembly regarding the results of the screening.

2. The duties prescribed in this section shall be subject toappropriations by the general assembly.

(L. 1999 S.B. 8 & 173)