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"HIV/ AIDS Discrimination." HALSA, Web. 17 May 2012. <__[]__ __>.__

FACTS: 1.In the 1980s, discrimination against people with HIV or AIDS was rampant: landlords were evicting tenants who were HIV positive or had AIDS; employers were firing HIV positive employees;and schools were expelling students with AIDS. 2.Information about a person’s HIV or AIDS status is that individuals’ personal and confidential medical information and as such is entitled to privacy protection. 3.If you are a member of the U.S. Military, the Peace Corps, or the Foreign Service,11current laws provide that you can be tested without your consent. 4.In July 2002, the California Department of Health implemented a system of recording each and every HIV positive diagnosis. 5.Once an insurance company knows your HIV or AIDS status, they may share the fact that you have a blood infection with a central data bank called the Medical Information Bureau (MIB). 6.The purpose of the confidentiality laws and anti-discrimination laws are straightforward – to ensure that people with HIV and AIDS are treated the same way as everyone else. 7.Recent studies show that discrimination against people with HIV and AIDS is almost as prevalent today as it was 20 years ago when the disease was first recognized. 8.The right to confidentiality is really three different rights: 1. In general, you have the right not to tell anyone you have HIV or AIDS. 2. In some circumstances, you have the right to stop someone from telling other people that you have HIV or AIDS. 3. In most cases, you have the right not to be tested for HIV or AIDS without your permission. 9.Under the Americans with Disabilities Act and other laws, people with HIV or AIDS may be termed “disabled” and entitled to get “reasonable accommodation” at work. 10.doctors and healthcare providers cannot reveal fact that you are HIV positive without your written permission. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">11.The right to confidentiality is really three different rights: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">1. In general, you have the right not to tell anyone you have HIV or AIDS. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2. In some circumstances, you have the right to stop someone from telling other people that you have HIV or AIDS. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">3. In most cases, you have the right not to be tested for HIV or AIDS without your permission. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">12.Healthcare providers cannot tell people outside of their office that you are HIV positive unless you sign papers saying it is okay <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">13.Your doctor can tell your partners that they are at risk for getting HIV without giving them your name or telling them your HIV or AIDS status <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">14.Physicians and dentists cannot refuse to treat a person with HIV or AIDS simply because of their HIV or AIDS status. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">15.Only in very unusual circumstances can an employer legally require an existing employee to take an HIV test.