Cavaletto Bill Providing for Testing for Infectious Diseases Signed by Guv

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Published on August 23 2017 10:51 am
Last Updated on August 23 2017 11:06 am
Written by Greg Sapp

Legislation sponsored by State Representative John Cavaletto (R-Salem) that allows for testing for all infectious diseases when a first responder or law enforcement personnel is accidentally exposed to a suspect's bodily fluids through being spit upon or stuck by a suspected rug needle, has been signed into law by the Governor.

(REP. CAVALETTO)

Cavaletto shared what the measure is designed to provide...

The incident to bring urgency to this infectious disease testing initiative involved a member of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security who was assisting local law enforcement on serving a warrant and making an arrest. That officer was stuck by a needle while searching the premises of the arrest and only because the suspect eventually voluntarily agreed to have their blood tested, that it was discovered they carried a contagious virus (not HIV). But by this time the spouse and children of the US Marshall had already been exposed.