191.668. Department of health and senior services and department of elementary and secondary education to prepare education programs, contents.
Department of health and senior services and department of elementaryand secondary education to prepare education programs, contents.
191.668. 1. The department of health and senior services shall preparepublic education and awareness plans and programs for the general public, andthe department of elementary and secondary education shall prepare educationalprograms for public schools, regarding means of transmission and preventionand treatment of the HIV virus. The plans and programs shall include, but notbe limited to:
(1) Medically correct, age specific, transmission and preventionprograms for use at the discretion of the public schools beginning withstudents at the sixth grade level. The educational programs shall stressmoral responsibility in and restraint from sexual activity and avoidance ofcontrolled substance use whereby HIV can be transmitted;
(2) Risk reduction programs for specific populations at high risk of HIVinfection;
(3) Educational programs on transmission and prevention of HIV infectionin the workplace for use by employers;
(4) Personal protection procedures for use by health care providers andothers in close contact with potentially infected individuals;
(5) General public information programs and circulars containing factualinformation that will allow the public at large to assess its risk and developinformed individual judgment and behavior. The department shall prepare forfree distribution among the residents of the state printed informationconcerning the means of transmission of the HIV virus, the dangers from HIVinfection, means of prevention, and the necessity for testing; and
(6) Develop presentations for community service and school organizationsdescribing the medical and psychosocial aspects of HIV infection, includinginformation on how infection is transmitted and can be prevented.
2. None of the plans, programs or printed information prepared orprovided under this section shall promote behavior that is an offense inviolation of chapter 566, RSMo, concerning sexual offenses; is an offenseinvolving the use of a controlled substance as defined in chapter 195, RSMo;is an offense in violation of section 568.020, RSMo, concerning incest; or isan offense in violation of any city, county or state law prohibitingprostitution or patronizing prostitution.
(L. 1988 H.B. 1151 & 1044 § 7)Effective 6-1-88