Leave me alone: A study on the constitutionality of the Philippine AIDS Prevention and Control Act of 1998

• Main Authors: Nuguid, Alexis John N., Generalao, Leo Lorenz D.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2014
• Subjects: HIV infections > Diagnosis > Law and legislation > Philippines; AIDS (Disease) > Diagnosis > Law and legislation > Philippines; Health Law and Policy; Medical Jurisprudence
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/5641
• Institution: De La Salle University

Republic Act 8504 provides for a mandate against compulsory HIV testing. However, like any other law, it does not come without any exceptions. One of the exceptions to the prohibition against mandatory HIV testing is the testing of possible sexual offenders. Under Article III, Section 17 (a) of R.A....