HomeMy WebLinkAbout95-050RESOLUTION AFFIRMING THAT PENAL CODE SECTION 7500 et seq.
PERTAINING TO HIV TESTING OF INMATES AND ARRESTEES
SHALL BE OPERATIVE IN BUTTE COUNTY
WHEREAS, the public peace, health and safety is endangered by the spread of acquired
immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS); and
WHEREAS, the spread ofAIDS presents a grave danger to law enforcement personnel who
come into contact with arrestees and prisoners infected with the AIDS virus; and
WHEREAS, law enforcement personnel are particularly vulnerable to this danger due to
assaults and other violent acts to which they are exposed in the course and scope of their duties; and
WHEREAS, the protection of the health and safety of these personnel is of great importance
to the people of Butte County; and
WHEREAS, the testing of individuals in custody of law enforcement for evidence of infection
by the HIV vints, AIDS or AIDS related complex would help provide a level of information necessary
for effective disease control within custodial institutions, and would help preserve the health of law
enforcement personnel, inmates and the public at large; and
WHEREAS, such testing would be undertaken only in those cases deemed appropriate by
the chief medical officer and in compliance with all legal requirements, including those provisions
pertaining to confidentiality of test results.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the provisions of Title S of Part 3 of the
Penal Code (sections 7500 et seq.) regarding medical testing of persons therein designated for the
HIV virus, AIDS or AIDS related complex, shall be operative in Butte County.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of Supervisors this l I th day of April,
1995, by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Meyer, Dolan, Houx, Thomas and Chair McLaughlin
NOES: done
ABSENT: ).None
NOT VOTING: None
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ED McLAUGHLIN, C
Board of Supervisors
ATTEST:
JOHN S. BLACKLOCK, Chief Adrr~inistrative Officer
and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
by
deputy