(410 ILCS 325/2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7402)
Sec. 2.
Findings; intent.
The General Assembly finds and declares that
sexually transmissible diseases constitute a serious and sometimes fatal
threat to the public and individual health and welfare of the people of the
State and visitors to the State. The General Assembly finds that the
incidence of sexually transmissible diseases is rising at an alarming rate
and that these diseases result in significant social, health and economic
costs, including infant and maternal mortality, temporary and lifelong
disability and premature death. The General Assembly finds that sexually
transmissible diseases, by their nature, involve sensitive issues of
privacy, and it is the intent of the General Assembly that all programs
designed to deal with these diseases afford patients privacy,
confidentiality and dignity. The General Assembly finds that medical
knowledge and information about sexually transmissible diseases are rapidly
changing. The General Assembly intends to provide a program that is
sufficiently flexible to meet emerging needs, deals efficiently and
effectively with reducing the incidence of sexually transmissible diseases,
and provides patients with a secure knowledge that information they provide
will remain private and confidential.
(Source: P.A. 85-681.)
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