{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-71.130","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 71.130","heading":"Procedure for testing inmate for infectious diseases to be established --","body":"Confidentiality of results.\n(1) Each county and each municipal detention facility shall have a written procedure\ndeveloped, in consultation with the facility medical provider, es tablishing\nconditions under which an inmate will be tested for infectious disease. The\nprocedure shall be consistent with guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and\nrecommendations of the Correctional Medical Authority. The person receiving the\ntest results may divulge the test results to the jailer or chief correctional officer.\nHowever, all other provisions of the Kentucky Sexually Transmitted Disease\nControl Confidentiality Act in KRS 214.400 to 214.420 shall remain in effect.\n(2) Serologic blood test results obtained pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall\nbe confidential except they may be shared with employees or officers of the jailer or\nchief correctional officer who are responsible for the custody and care of the\naffected inmate and have a need to know the information. No person to whom the\nresults of a test have been disclosed under this section may disclose the test results\nto another person not authorized under this section.\n(3) The results of any serologic blood test on an inmate shall become a part of that\ninmate's permanent medical file. Upon transfer of the inmate to any other\ncorrectional facility, the file shall be transferred in an envelope marked confidential.","path":["KRS Chapter 71"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=24276","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:32Z","sha256":"a31e6d33bf1e89c7c4db6e62360a37ab5b16aa768c0b757a931e12873956d2ae","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-71.110","next":"us-ky/krs-71.990"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}