This booklet contains the relevant law on disclosure of HIV status as it applies in New South Wales as at 1 January 2008.

January and February this year were marked by a furore of sensationalist media about Hector Scott, a resident of the ACT who first appeared in the ACT Magistrates court charged with providing a commercial sexual service while knowing he was infected with a sexually transmitted disease (STD), and failing to register as a sex worker.

The ACT government’s handling of a case involving an alleged HIV-positive sex worker has been clumsy, alarmist and has failed to follow basic public health guidelines, the National Association of People Living with HIV/AIDS (NAPWA) has said.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations in relation to routine HIV testing would contravene many US state laws requiring pre-test counselling and patient informed consent, according to an analysis published in October.

A Sydney woman is suing two doctors after they failed to inform her of her partner’s positive HIV and hepatitis B tests. The 28-year-old woman, identified only as ‘PD’, became infected with both HIV and HBV, discovering her status after becoming pregnant with their child, the Supreme Court in Sydney has been told.

They’ve been called ‘the sex police’ but meeting these three compassionate and understanding nurses, it’s hard to understand why.

Police in Victoria have sought a court order to access the confidential health records of an HIV-positive man who is under investigation for having unprotected sex with two women.

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