Sec.19a-55-2. Administration of HIV related test  


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  • (a) The administrative officer or other person in charge of each institution caring for newborn infants shall cause to have administered to every such infant in its care an HIV-related test, as defined in section 19a-581 of the Connecticut General Statutes, if the mother has not had an HIV-related test pursuant to section 19a-90 or 19a-593 of the Connecticut General Statutes. It shall be administered:

    (1) by the institution caring for the newborn infant, and

    (2) as soon after the birth as is medically appropriate.

(Adopted effective September 1, 2006)