Section 2305. Sexually transmissible diseases; treatment by licensed physician or staff physician of a hospital; prescriptions  


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  • 1.  No
      person,  other  than  a  licensed  physician, or, in a hospital, a staff
      physician, shall diagnose, treat  or  prescribe  for  a  person  who  is
      infected  with a sexually transmissible disease, or who has been exposed
      to infection with a sexually transmissible disease, or dispense or  sell
      a  drug,  medicine  or remedy for the treatment of such person except on
      prescription of a duly licensed physician.
        2. A licensed physician, or in a  hospital,  a  staff  physician,  may
      diagnose,  treat  or  prescribe for a person under the age of twenty-one
      years without the consent or knowledge of the  parents  or  guardian  of
      said person, where such person is infected with a sexually transmissible
      disease,  or has been exposed to infection with a sexually transmissible
      disease.
        3. For the purposes of this section, the term "hospital" shall mean  a
      hospital as defined in article twenty-eight of this chapter.