Counseling and Testing Team

It is no surprise that in addition to maintaining a traditional testing program, our state Counseling and Testing Team has been instrumental in the expansion of the Florida HIV rapid testing program 300% from 2003 - 2008! The five staff on the Counseling and Testing Team are responsible for several statewide HIV testing areas. These areas include: 500/501 counselor training, liaison with 14 area Early Intervention Consultants, distribution of OraSure collection devices and testing forms to test sites, HIV rapid test training and kit dissemination, coordination of the African American Testing Initiative and Social Network Strategies, product review, and site registrations and QI

State of Florida Map - CTR Sites by County
On-line database for finding testing locations around the state.
Rapid HIV Testing Guidelines
Information on the State of Florida Clinical Laboratory License and Federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment (CLIA) Certification (waived testing)
State Lab License and CLIA Applications
Counseling and Testing Forms (PDF)
Listed below are the forms used for counseling and testing. Please note that county health departments should continue to supply forms to community-based testing programs.
If used in smaller quantities, forms can be downloaded here:

African American Testing Initiatives

DH 1818 HIV Testing Consent Forms
DH 1818 Confidential/Anonymous Consent Form (English)  (pdf - 109kb)
DH 1818 Confidential/Anonymous Consent Form (Spanish)  (pdf - 118kb)
DH 1818 Confidential/Anonymous Consent Form (Creole) (pdf - 111kb)

DH 1628 Laboratory Request Forms
Each county receives an allocation based on the number of tests that were done the previous calendar year. If a county requests additional forms, data will be run on the number of tests performed to date and compared to the number requested. If the county is using more forms than their original allocation, more will be provided.
DH 1628 forms are housed at the Distribution Center and cannot be ordered directly through SIMS. Each county should have at least one contact person who orders forms for the entire county, including non-CHD sites. These county representatives are the only ones who may order this form. To find out your county representative, please contact Cyrise Franey at 850-245-4444, extension 2575, or via SunCom 205-4444, extension 2575. Fax: 850-922-4202.
 
Forms Instruction Guide (pdf - 589kb)
 
DH 3161 Statement of Objection to HIV/STD Testing for Pregnant 
DH 3161(English)(pdf - 472kb)
DH 3161 (Spanish)(pdf-476kb)
DH 3161 (Creole)(pdf-475kb)

Technical Assistance Guidelines
Minimum Standards for HIV Counselors, Trainers and Early Intervention Consultants (IOP15)  (policy) (pdf -47.9kb)
Minimum Standards for HIV Counselors, Trainers and Early Intervention Consultants (TA-HIV17)(technical assistance) (pdf - 119kb) 
Provision of HIV Counseling, Testing, and Referral Services (IOP16)(policy) (pdf - 60.8kb) 
Provision of HIV Prevention Counseling, Testing, and Referral Services (TA-HIV9) (technical assistance) (pdf - 269kb)
 
HIV CTL Resources
HIV 501 Trainers List (pdf - 32kb)
HIV 501 Course Schedule (pdf - 105kb)
CTL-EIC Map (pdf - 104kb)
2009 National HIV Testing Day Report  (pdf - 52kb)
2008 National HIV Testing Day Report  (pdf - 93kb)
2007 National HIV Testing Day Report (pdf - 72kb)
2006 National HIV Testing Day Report (pdf - 125kb)
2005 National HIV Testing Day Report (pdf - 52.2kb)
2004 National HIV Testing Day Report (pdf - 34.4kb)
2003 National HIV Testing Day Report (pdf - 2.69mb)
2002 National HIV Testing Day Report (pdf - 2.54mb)
2008 HIV Counseling, Testing and Linkage Client Satisfaction Survey
(pdf - 108kb)
2006 HIV Counseling, Testing and Linkage Client Satisfaction Survey
(pdf - 163kb)
2004 HIV Counseling, Testing and Linkage Services Client Satisfaction Survey
(pdf - 436kb)
2002 HIV Counseling, Testing and Referral Services Client Satisfaction Survey (pdf - 329kb)