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Health Care & Hospital Law

Oct. 5, 2002

Sexual Complications

SAN FRANCISCO - During a July 2000 Alaskan vacation cruise, Thomas Lister discovered medical records showing that his partner, San Francisco Health Commissioner Ron Hill, had HIV. Two years earlier, the Legislature had made intentional sexual transmission of HIV a felony. No one in California has been convicted under that law. Thomas Lister wants Ron Hill to be the first.

By Robert Selna
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - During a July 2000 Alaskan vacation cruise, Thomas Lister discovered medical records showing that his partner, San Francisco Health Commissioner Ron Hill, had HIV. Two years earlier, the Legislature had made intentional sexual transmission of HIV a felony. No one in California has been co...

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