95-052 RESOLUTION NO. 95R- 52
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ANAHEIM AFFIRMING THAT
THE PROVISIONS OF PENAL CODE
SECTIONS 7500 ET SEQ. RELATING TO
HIV TESTING OF PERSONS IN CUSTODY
OF LAW ENFORCEMENT SHALL BE
OPERATIVE IN THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
WHEREAS, the public peace, health and safety are
endangered by the spread of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
(AIDS) within correctional and detention facilities; and
WHEREAS, the spread of AIDS presents a grave danger to
law enforcement personnel who come into contact with arrestees
and prisoners infected with the AIDS virus; and
WHEREAS, law enforcement personnel are particularly
vulnerable to this danger because of assaults and other violent
acts to which they are exposed in the course of their duties; and
WHEREAS, the protection of the health and safety of law
enforcement personnel is of great importance to the people of the
City of Anaheim; and
WHEREAS, the testing of individuals in custody of law
enforcement, as described in Title 8 of Part 3 of the Penal Code,
for evidence of infection by the HIV virus, AIDS or AIDS-related
complex would help provide a level of information necessary for
effective disease control within custodial institutions and would
help preserve the health of law enforcement personnel, inmates
and the public at large; and
WHEREAS, such testing would be undertaken only in those
cases deemed appropriate by the county health officer and in
compliance with all legal requirements, including those
provisions pertaining to the confidentiality of test results.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the city Council of
the City of Anaheim that the provisions of Title 8 of Part 3 of
the Penal Code (sections 7500 et seq.) regarding medical testing
of persons designated therein for infection by the HIV virus,
AIDS or AIDS-related complex, shall be operative in the City of
Anaheim.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and adopted by the
City Council of the City of Anaheim this 4th day of April ,
1995.
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CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
11323.1\EEGAN\Harch 27, 1995
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF ANAHEIM )
I, LEONORA N. SOHL, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution
No. 95R-52 was introduced and adopted at a regular meeting provided by law, of the Anaheim City Council
held on the 4th day of April, 1995, by the following vote of the members thereof:
AYES: MAYOR/COUNCIL: Tait, Lopez, Zemel, Feldhaus, Daly
NOES: MAYOR/COUNCIL: None
ABSENT: MAYOR/COUNCIL: None
AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of Anaheim signed said Resolution No. 95R-52 on the
4th day of April, 1995.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Anaheim
this 4th day of April, 1995.
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
(SEAL)
I, LEONORA N. SOHL, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing is the original
of Resolution No. 95R-52 was duly passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Anaheim on
April 4, 1995.
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM