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State Statute or Regulation Requires Pre-test Counseling for HIV Testing, as of February, 2007

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 Pre-Test Counseling Requirement
United States27 States Yes
AlabamaYes
AlaskaNo
ArizonaNo
ArkansasYes
CaliforniaYes
ColoradoYes
ConnecticutYes
DelawareYes
District of ColumbiaNo
FloridaYes
GeorgiaNR
HawaiiYes
IdahoNo
IllinoisYes
IndianaYes
IowaYes
KansasNo
KentuckyYes
LouisianaYes
MaineYes
MarylandYes
MassachusettsYes
MichiganYes
MinnesotaDK
MississippiNo
MissouriNo
MontanaNo
NebraskaNo
NevadaNo
New HampshireYes
New JerseyNo
New MexicoYes
New YorkYes
North CarolinaNo1
North DakotaNo
OhioYes
OklahomaNo
OregonNo
PennsylvaniaYes
Rhode IslandYes
South CarolinaNo
South DakotaNo
TennesseeNo
TexasNo
UtahNo
VermontNo
VirginiaYes
WashingtonYes
West VirginiaYes
WisconsinNo
WyomingYes
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Notes: For information on whether HIV testing without pre-test counseling is prohibited by statute or regulation, see Sources.
Sources: 

National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD), Report on Findings from an Assessment of Health Department Efforts to Implement HIV Screening in Health Care Settings, June 26, 2007. Available at http://www.nastad.org/Docs/highlight/2007626_NASTAD_Screening_Assessment_Report_062607.pdf

North Carolina HIV/STD Regulations, Revised North Carolina Administrative Rules, 10A NCAC 41A.0202, November 1, 2007. Available at: http://www.epi.state.nc.us/epi/hiv/pdf/10A_NCAC_41A.0202.pdf.

Definitions: 

NR: State did not respond to survey.

DK: State did not know at the time of the survey.

Footnotes: 
  1. HIV pre-test counseling is not required in North Carolina, as of November 1, 2007.



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