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Use guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to validate your information on legal requirements in regard to reporting STDs. Present your findings on reportable diseases in the state of Florida and legal implications in failure to reporting.
Clinical services are provided to floridians and visitors who
seek care for the prevention of sexually Transmitted
diseases(STDs)..Florida country offers services on a reasonable and
no cost basis to adults and adolescents regardless of their
citizenship status..All clients including adolescents are had
confidential STD clinical services by florida law..
Centers for Disease control and Prevention:
Guidelines updated from CDC who have or are at
risk for STDs consultation with a group of professionals
knowledgable in the field of STSs..
STD treatment guidelines 2010 includes:
-Alternative treatment regimens for neisseria gonorrhoreae.
-the use of nucleic acid amplification tests for the diagnosis of
trichomoniasis
-Alternative treatment options for genital warts..
-The role of mycoplasma genitalium in urethritis and treatment
related implications..
-Updated HPV vaccine recommendations and counselling messages
-The management of persons who are transgender.
-Annual testing for hepatitis C in persons with HIV infection
-Updated recommendations for diagnostic evaluation of
urethritis..
-Retesting to detect repeat infection
Physician and health care providers should use these guidelines to
assist in the prevention and treatment of STDs.
Florida recommendations for suspected gonnerrhea
treatment failure happen when symptoms are present 7days after
initial antibiotic treatment..patient with persistent symptoms who
report sexual exposure to untreated or new patterns may have
reinfection..patient who suspect for reinfection should be
retreated with recommended antibiotic regimen..CDC establish
genital surveilance program known as gonococcal isolate
surveillence project(GISP)patient will under go for all screening
test for STD..CDC measures antibiotic susceptibility using the
minimum inhibitory concentration(MIC)..According to CDC,morbidity
and mortality weekly report published..As a result of
epidemiological surveillence data the CDC recommended dual
antibiotic therepy with ceftriaxone and azhithromycin to urge of
gonococcal cephalosphorin..
Annually the florida department of health provides the
federal government with statistical data collected through out the
state in regards to STD and treatment..Florida administrative code
describe the 72 disease and conditions that all practitioners are
required to report as designed in section 384 of the florida
statutes..
Florida STD crime:
florida STD laws require that the person known with
STD infected they must inform others that they tested postive for
an STD..Penalities if anyone failed to inform ..STD crime in
florida faces a range ofcriminal penalities..it
depends on individual crimes charged and circumstances of the
care..
Misdemeanor of the first degree:
In florida upto one year jail and fine up to 1,000dollar
felony of the third degree:
In florida up to five years jail and fine up to 5,000dollar
Probation more fine with longer probation period
serving time in jail..
Restitution:
Person has to pay medical costs for those who got infected with a
disease because of particular infected person.
Florida criminal defense attorney is the only person qualified to
protect rights during the criminal justice process..