Administrators have made decisions in seeking to cope with the AIDS epidemic in the United States. Subordinates have challenged many of these decisions on the basis that their constitutional rights have been compromised. Case law has shown that when risk of AIDS transmission is high, or where there is a danger to an AIDS victim, the courts will support the administrator's decisions. Conversely, when there is a very low risk of AIDS transmission or personal injury, such decisions (e.g., mandatory blood testing) will be struck down.
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