KRS 71.130: Procedure for testing inmate for infectious diseases to be established --

Confidentiality of results.

(1) Each county and each municipal detention facility shall have a written procedure

developed, in consultation with the facility medical provider, es tablishing

conditions under which an inmate will be tested for infectious disease. The

procedure shall be consistent with guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and

recommendations of the Correctional Medical Authority. The person receiving the

test results may divulge the test results to the jailer or chief correctional officer.

However, all other provisions of the Kentucky Sexually Transmitted Disease

Control Confidentiality Act in KRS 214.400 to 214.420 shall remain in effect.

(2) Serologic blood test results obtained pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall

be confidential except they may be shared with employees or officers of the jailer or

chief correctional officer who are responsible for the custody and care of the

affected inmate and have a need to know the information. No person to whom the

results of a test have been disclosed under this section may disclose the test results

to another person not authorized under this section.

(3) The results of any serologic blood test on an inmate shall become a part of that

inmate's permanent medical file. Upon transfer of the inmate to any other

correctional facility, the file shall be transferred in an envelope marked confidential.