Section 2302. Venereal disease; examination of person under arrest  


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  • 1.
      Every person arrested charged with a  violation  of  section  230.00  or
      230.40  of  the  penal  law,  or arrested for failure to comply with the
      order of a judge or justice issued pursuant to the provisions of section
      two thousand three hundred one of this chapter, or any  person  arrested
      for  frequenting  disorderly  houses or houses of prostitution, shall be
      reported within twenty-four hours by the court or magistrate before whom
      such person is arraigned to the health officer of the health district in
      which the alleged offense occurred, and shall be examined in  accordance
      with  the  provisions  of  section  two  thousand  three hundred of this
      chapter.
        2. For the purpose of examination and diagnosis as provided in section
      two thousand three hundred of this chapter, an arrested  person  may  be
      detained until the results of such examination are known.
        3. No such person if convicted shall be released from the jurisdiction
      of  such  court  or  magistrate  until  the person so convicted has been
      examined as provided in section  two  thousand  three  hundred  of  this
      chapter.