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No Right to HIV Testing

Loaded on Oct. 15, 1994 published in Prison Legal News October, 1994, page 8
Filed under: Medical, HIV/AIDS. Location: Kentucky.
In 1989 a Kentucky state prisoner, John Doe, requested testing for the HIV virus which causes AIDS. His request was denied because he did not meet the criteria for HIV testing established by Kentucky Corrections Cabinet Policy 13.5. That policy states: "Testing for the Presence of HIV antibodies. No routine ...

 

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