Missouri Revised Statutes













Chapter 192

Department of Health and Senior Services

←192.033

Section 192.036.1

192.040→

August 28, 2015

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

192.036. 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.



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







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