Romania
| National policy | |
|---|---|
| National policy/strategy or official recommendations on HIV testing? | Yes |
| Who can administer HIV tests? | |
| Restrictions on who can legally administer HIV tests? | Don't know |
| Which groups can legally do HIV testing? |
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| Further comments | |
| Free HIV testing | |
| HIV testing free to all who want it? | Yes in certain places |
| Further comments | People who are uninsured will have to pay 15 euro (50RON) |
| Is free HIV testing available? | Yes in certain places |
| Further comments | |
| HIV testing restrictions | |
| HIV testing access restricted for some groups/populations? | Yes |
| Which groups are restricted |
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| Further comments | |
| Availability of testing in non-clinical settings | |
| Is testing available in any of the following ways? | |
| Postal HIV sampling legal? | No |
| Home HIV testing legal? | Yes |
| Community testing at NGOs legal? | Yes |
| Community/outreach event testing legal? | Yes |
| Other | |
| Rapid tests used by community based testing services/initiatives? | Finger blood |
| Anonymity/Confidentiality of HIV testing | |
| Anonymous testing available? | Yes |
| If yes, please give details | At community based testing it is anonymously. Hospital laboratories require an ID. |
| If not, why not, what sort of information is required and is there any promise of confidentiality? | |
| Discrimination & equality | |
| Legislation | |
| Legislation protecting the rights of people with HIV? | Yes |
| Key documents | |
| Further comments | According to the law 584/2002 People with HIV or AIDS receive social protection of non-discriminatory treatment regarding the right to education, right to work and social protection and promoting professional work and their health can not constitute a criterion for dismissal. The 2002 text of the law (in Romanian) is attached. |
| Other key populations | |
| Needle exchange available for people who inject drugs? | Yes |
| Further comments | Availability of needle exchange is also confirmed by information available on https://www.hri.global/global-state-of-harm-reduction |
| Opiate substitution therapy available? | Yes |
| Further comments | Availability of OST
is also confirmed by information available on https://www.hri.global/global-state-of-harm-reduction |
| Are PWID (people who inject drugs) excluded from HIV treatment while actively using drugs? | No |
| Further comments | |
| Legal to sell sex? | Yes |
| Further comments | Clients are not prosecuted, unless they knowingly use the services of a victim of human trafficking. For more information: http://sexualrightsdatabase.org/map/21/Adult%20sex%20work/408/Romania |
| Legal to buy sex? | No |
| Further comments | Accordingly the Penal Code of Romania, entered into force on 1st February 2014, prostitution is no longer considered a criminal offense, but it is, by law, partially decriminalized. Currently, Sex Workers identified are fined and if the fine is not paid, the state required hours of service work community. For more information: http://sexualrightsdatabase.org/map/21/Adult%20sex%20work/408/Romania |
| Access to HIV Treatment | |
| Free access to HIV treatment? | Yes, for some |
| Further comments | Only with health insurance |
| Status and access to HIV treatment and care in your country | |
| Access to HIV treatment restricted for certain populations with HIV? | Yes |
| Which groups are restricted? |
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| If more than one of the above populations selected, please give more information | |
| Status | |
| Country status | EU |
| Mobility in Europe | |
| Do the following groups/populations have legal access to HIV treatment? (i.e provided on the same basis as citizens of the country) | |
| Legal treatment access: Other EU migrant nationals | Yes but there are exceptions |
| If yes but exceptions, please describe | Only for people who are insured |
| Legal treatment access: general non-EU migrants | Yes but there are exceptions |
| If yes but exceptions, please describe | Only for people who are insured |
| Legal treatment access: Non-EU migrants with asylum/refugee status | Yes but there are exceptions |
| If yes but exceptions, please describe | Only for people who are insured |
| Legal treatment access: Non-EU migrants who are undocumented | No |
| If yes but exceptions, please describe | |
| Further comments | |
| About this data | |
| Last minor revision | 13 July 2016 |
| Last major revision | 21 December 2016 |
| Published | 19 January 2017 |
| Data sources | As well as responses
from in-country individuals and organisations information and data was taken
from the following sources: http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/healthtopics/aids/Pages/monitoring-dublin-declaration.aspx Sex Work Laws These included https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_by_country#Europe The Global Network of Sex Work Projects www.nswp.org and country sources and http://sexualrightsdatabase.org/map/21/Adult%20sex%20work and http://spl.ids.ac.uk/sexworklaw Drug use Needle exchange information was taken from Harm Reduction International who have an interactive tool https://www.hri.global/global-state-of-harm-reduction Criminal Law http://criminalisation.gnpplus.net has useful info about the criminal law and is searchable by country as well as http://www.hivjustice.net/site/countries/ MSM http://ilga.org/what-we-do/state-sponsored-homophobia-report/ (2016) |
| Data contacts | Responses were
received from Association Carusel (www.carusel.org) |