[Ord. No. 12-058 §1, 8-3-2012]
In order to confirm pregnancies and/or detect sexually transmitted
diseases and prevent their transmission, the Department of Community
Health and the Environment through its Division of Public Health shall
perform the services of pregnancy testing, and of testing, treating,
follow-up re-testing, counseling, preventive measures, and epidemiological
investigation for sexually transmitted diseases, for persons seeking
such services and for such persons' contacts. Medical procedures shall
be performed only under standing orders of a physician duly licensed
by the State of Missouri.
[Ord. No. 96-56 §1, 5-29-1996; Ord. No. 97-188 §1, 11-26-1997; Ord. No. 02-167 §1, 10-30-2002; Ord. No. 12-058 §1, 8-3-2012]
Fees shall be charged to persons seeking the services identified in Section 235.001 as provided in this Section. The Director is authorized to establish fees not to exceed the Department's costs in providing services and items under this Program. In the interest of public health, such fees may be less than the Department's costs, but shall be re-calculated and posted on the Department's premises and on its website during the first five (5) days of January in every calendar year. The Department may also recommend that such persons make donations to St. Charles County and accept such donations for St. Charles County and remit them to the Department of Finance.
[Ord. No. 96-56 §2, 5-29-1996; Ord. No. 12-058 §1, 8-3-2012]
In the interest of public and health and safety, the Director is further authorized to waive the fees authorized by Section 235.010, above, for persons who are inmates in the custody of the Department of Corrections of St. Charles County, inpatients in the care of providers of residential drug-treatment programs, or individuals who affirm that they are without incomes of their own from full-time or part-time employment enabling them to pay those fees.
[Ord. No. 97-123 §§1—4, 8-27-1997; Ord. No. 12-058 §1, 8-3-2012]
A.
The St.
Charles County Division of Public Health in the Department of Community
Health and the Environment shall offer non-judgmental/non-directive
information regarding care options in its pregnancy testing and sexually
transmitted diseases program.
B.
The St.
Charles County Division of Public Health shall not provide abortion
counseling or referrals nor shall it provide the post-conception pharmaceutical
RU-486 or other generic pharmaceuticals with the same properties as
RU-486.
C.
The St.
Charles County Division of Public Health shall counsel and encourage
all unemancipated minors receiving services from the St. Charles County
Division of Public Health to involve their parents in health related
decisions, including pregnancy testing or testing or treatment for
sexually transmitted diseases. The refusal of a minor to involve their
parents shall not be grounds to refuse any information regarding health
care or testing or treatment for sexually transmitted diseases.
D.
All patients
who are receiving medication or prescriptions for medication, or who
are undergoing intrusive procedures through the St. Charles County
Division of Public Health are required to provide a valid informed
consent before the medication, prescription or intrusive procedure
shall be administered. Refusal or inability to provide such informed
consent shall be cause to refuse the medication, prescription or procedure
and to refer the patient to another provider of health care services.
Persons eligible to provide consent:
1.
Any
adult eighteen (18) years of age or older;
2.
Any
minor emancipated by reason of marriage or as a result of becoming
a parent or guardian for themselves or for their minor child or minor
ward;
3.
Any
parent for their minor child;
4.
Any
guardian for their ward;
5.
Any
minor for testing or treatment for sexually transmitted diseases,
for a test for pregnancy, or for alcohol or drug abuse treatment.
