Some Wisconsin Pupils Could Face HIV Testing

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  • Author(s): Sack, Joetta L.
  • Language:
    English
  • Source:
    Education Week. Apr 2004 23(33):1-1.
  • Publication Date:
    2004
  • Document Type:
    Journal Articles
    Reports - Descriptive
  • Online Access:
    http://www.edweek.org
  • Additional Information
    • Availability:
      Editorial Projects in Education. 6935 Arlington Road Suite 100, Bethesda, MD 20814-5233. Tel: 800-346-1834; Tel: 301-280-3100; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: http://www.edweek.org/info/about/
    • Peer Reviewed:
      N
    • Source:
      2
    • Subject Terms:
      Employees; Testing; Private Schools; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Communicable Diseases; State Legislation; Public Health; School Personnel; Disease Control
    • Subject Terms:
      Wisconsin
    • ISSN:
      0277-4232
    • Abstract:
      This article explores the issue on student HIV testing in Wisconsin. Wisconsin has enacted what appears to be the nation's first law requiring students to be tested for HIV, if teachers or other school employees can prove they were significantly exposed to the students' blood while on the job. The law, which critics view as an unwarranted intrusion on privacy, gives employees of Wisconsin public and private schools the same rights as emergency personnel, medical workers, correctional officers, and group-home workers to require blood tests under comparable circumstances. Even though various groups and activists criticize the new law, resource-center officials believe that testing the person who came in contact with the blood is the only foolproof way to determine if a person was infected.
    • Abstract:
      ERIC
    • Publication Date:
      2007
    • Accession Number:
      EJ755652