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Section 192.036 Information on hepatitis C for physicians, health professionals and training providers.

MO Rev Stat § 192.036 (2019) (N/A)
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Effective 28 Aug 1999

192.036. Information on hepatitis C for physicians, health professionals and training providers. — 1. The department of health and senior services shall use the strategies, protocols, and guidelines adopted by the National Institutes of Health on hepatitis C for educating physicians and health professionals and training providers on the most recent scientific and medical information on hepatitis C detection, diagnosis, treatment, and therapeutic decision making. The guidelines may include, but not be limited to the following:

(1) Tracking and reporting of both acute and chronic cases of hepatitis C by public health officials;

(2) A cost-efficient plan to screen the prison population subject to specific line item appropriation; and

(3) After one year of screening, a report shall be issued to the general assembly regarding the results of the screening.

2. The duties prescribed in this section shall be subject to appropriations by the general assembly.

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(L. 1999 S.B. 8 & 173)

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