Minnesota Session Laws - 1990, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1990 

                        CHAPTER 436-S.F.No. 2046 
           An act relating to crime victims; providing for a 
          notice for victims of sexual assault concerning their 
          risk of developing sexually transmitted diseases; 
          proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
          chapter 611A. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  [611A.20] [NOTICE OF RISK OF SEXUALLY 
TRANSMITTED DISEASE.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [NOTICE REQUIRED.] A hospital shall give a 
written notice about sexually transmitted diseases to a person 
receiving medical services in the hospital who reports or 
evidences a sexual assault or other unwanted sexual contact or 
sexual penetration.  When appropriate, the notice must be given 
to the parent or guardian of the victim. 
    Subd. 2.  [CONTENTS OF NOTICE.] The commissioners of public 
safety and corrections, in consultation with sexual assault 
victim advocates and health care professionals, shall develop 
the notice required by subdivision 1.  The notice must inform 
the victim of: 
    (1) the risk of contracting sexually transmitted diseases 
as a result of a sexual assault; 
    (2) the symptoms of sexually transmitted diseases; 
    (3) recommendations for periodic testing for the diseases, 
where appropriate; 
    (4) locations where confidential testing is done and the 
extent of the confidentiality provided; and 
    (5) other medically relevant information. 
    Presented to the governor April 10, 1990 
    Signed by the governor April 12, 1990, 11:00 a.m.