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Regulation of Yunnan Province on AIDS Prevention and Control (2020)

云南省艾滋病防治条例

Type of laws Local regulation

Issuing body Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Yunnan Province

Promulgating date Nov 25, 2020

Effective date Mar 01, 2021

Validity status Valid

Scope of application Yunnan

Topic(s) Health Law

Editor(s) C. J. Observer

Regulation of Yunnan Province on AIDS Prevention and Control(云南省艾滋病防治条例), released on 25 Nov. 2020 in Yunan, China.

According to the Regulation, persons living with HIV/AIDS shall promptly inform their spouses or sexual partners of the HIV infection; otherwise, medical and health institutions have the right to do so. (Article 20)

Without promptly informing the spouses, people in sexual relations, and others with exposure risks of the HIV infection, or taking precautions to have sex with others, persons living with HIV/AIDS will be held criminally liable if such acts constitute a crime. (Article 57)

Persons living with HIV/AIDS shall promptly inform their spouses or sexual partners that they have been HIV-infected, this being the first reported provision in China on the truthful disclosure of HIV status between sexual partners.

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