| Abstract: | In December 2001, the Ontario legislature passed Bill 105, authorizing a Medical Officer of Health to order blood testing of a source person in the event that emergency service workers and "good Samaritans" (as well as other categories of people) may have been exposed to a communicable disease. Similar legislation (Bill C-217) is before a committee of the House of Commons. This article discusses the value of information about the health status of the source person, Bill C-217 and Bill 105, current public health guidelines, recent Canadian research, and the conclusions of Backgrounder prepared by the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network. |
