Colorado § 25-4-411 - Confidential counseling and testing sites - legislative declaration.
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§ 25-4-411. Confidential counseling and testing sites - legislative declaration.
(1) Confidential HIV counseling and testing services are the preferred screening services for the detection of a possible infection. However, the state department shall, consistent with generally accepted practices for the protection of the public health and safety, conduct an anonymous HIV counseling and testing program at selected sites. The state department may operate sites or separately contract through local public health agencies to conduct HIV testing in conjunction with counseling and testing sites, subject to maintaining standards for performance as set by rule of the state board pursuant to section 25-4-404.
(2) (a) The disclosure of a person's name, address, phone number, birth date, or other personally identifying information is not required as a condition to be tested for HIV at an anonymous testing site. Any provision of this part 4 that requires or can be construed as requiring a person seeking testing to report or disclose such information does not apply to persons seeking to be tested at an anonymous testing site created pursuant to this section.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (2)(a) of this section, the age, gender, or gender identity of a person seeking to be tested at a testing site may be required.
Source: L. 2016: Entire part R&RE, (SB 16-146), ch. 230, p. 905, § 1, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 25-4-1405.5 as it existed prior to 2016.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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