§924. AIDS treatment services

            A. Each state-owned and -operated medical acute care hospital in the state shall establish, operate, and maintain an AIDS testing and treatment services program to the extent and level provided by funds appropriated by the legislature.

            B. Each state-owned and -operated medical acute care hospital shall have an AIDS counselor or a system of AIDS counseling designed to ensure that the needs of the patient are met.

            C. The secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health shall promulgate rules and regulations for the provision of AIDS testing and treatment services in accordance with generally accepted AIDS testing and treatment practices and the Administrative Procedure Act.

            D. Each AIDS testing and treatment services program shall develop links with other providers of services to AIDS patients in the community.

            Acts 1991, No. 634, §1; Acts 2018, No. 206, §5.