Venezuela
Last updated on: 5 May 2012
- Criminalisation of HIV transmission/exposure
- Other laws and policies with an impact on responses to HIV
Criminalisation of HIV transmission/exposure
Venezuela
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Other laws and policies with an impact on responses to HIV
Laws and regulations relating to entry, stay or residence in the country:
The presentation of an HIV test result is not required when entering Venezuela. There are no specific entry or residence regulations for people with HIV/AIDS.
Art. 32 of the law on foreigners (Ley de Extranjeros) partially prohibits the entry of people who have a disease. It is possible that this measure could be applied to people with HIV. However, we know of no such case.
For updated information, please go to: www.hivrestrictions.org
Laws relating to same sex, sexual relations: