Sexually transmitted diseases which are included in the annual Department of Health and Environmental Control List of Reportable Diseases are declared to be contagious, infectious, communicable, and dangerous to the public health. Sexually transmitted diseases include all venereal diseases. It is unlawful for anyone infected with these diseases to knowingly expose another to infection. HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-591; 1952 Code Section 32-591; 1942 Code Section 5044; 1932 Code Section 1493; Cr. C. '22 Section 438; 1919 (31) 30; 1988 Act No. 490, Section 3.
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