§ 2305. Sexually transmitted diseases; treatment by licensed physician\nor staff physician of a hospital; prescriptions. 1. No person, other\nthan a licensed physician, or, in a hospital, a staff physician, shall\ndiagnose, treat or prescribe for a person who is infected with a\nsexually transmitted disease, or who has been exposed to infection with\na sexually transmitted disease, or dispense or sell a drug, medicine or\nremedy for the treatment of such person except on prescription of a duly\nlicensed physician.\n 2. A licensed physician, or in a hospital, a staff physician, may\ndiagnose, treat or prescribe for a person under the age of twenty-one\nyears without the consent or knowledge of the parents or guardian of\nsaid person, where such person is infected with a sexually transmitted\ndisease, or has been exposed to infection with a sexually transmitted\ndisease.\n 3. For the purposes of this section, the term "hospital" shall mean a\nhospital as defined in article twenty-eight of this chapter.\n
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