Columbia Reports to be confidential ordinance (§ 11-113)
Chapter 11: Health and Sanitation · Article IV. Diseases
In short: Information and reports about people infected with venereal diseases are confidential and closed to the public, except for any publicity that results from the health director carrying out duties under this article or state law.
Our plain-English summary, not the official text or legal advice. The ordinance below is what counts.
All information and reports concerning persons infected with venereal diseases shall be confidential and shall be inaccessible to the public, except insofar as publicity may attend the performance of the duty imposed upon the director by this article or the laws of the state.
Official source: City of Columbia official Code of Ordinances (online): look up Sec. 11-113
Text from Supplement 139 (September 3, 2026).
Last checked November 1, 2026. The city's official copy controls; this page is a reading copy, not legal advice.