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July 2004 Cover
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Under legislation signed by Gov. Jim Doyle, teachers in Wisconsin who have had contact with a student's blood can now force the student to undergo an HIV test. According to the
National Conference of State Legislatures, the law is the first in the nation to list school district employees in the same class as emergency workers who, in many states, can compel people to
be tested in cases of exposure to possibly contaminated blood.
"These are life and death situation," said Sen. Carol Roessler (R-Oshkosh), who introduced the bill. A person's right to know if they have been infected with a deadly pathogen
outweighs other concerns, she said.
[Of course, Sen. Roessler's initiative can be dismissed as pure political opportunism, since the only sensible option for anyone exposed to potentially infectious blood would be to
take an HIV test themselves.]
Editor's Note: from the Associated Press
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