State Department of Public Health v. Wells

RUSSELL, Judge.

This is an appeal from the trial court’s denial of a motion to quash a subpoena duces tecum requiring the Jackson County Health Department to release to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department the results of an HIV (AIDS) test performed on an inmate housed in the Jackson County Jail.

While awaiting transfer to the Department of Corrections, the inmate was given the opportunity to voluntarily submit to an HIV test. He did so, but only after being assured by county health officials that the results of such test would remain confidential. The inmate was later personally informed of…