Following an HIV test, is there an investigation?

I'm doing some research and I will be heading to a clinic soon to find out some more information, but I thought I'd come here and ask around first!

So when you find out you have contracted HIV, is there an investigation into the people you have slept with or shared and high risk activities with to see if they are also infected? As in are these people contacted and told that they could be at risk and should get tested? I know in the Army there was something like this that was done for STD's (I was a medic) but in the civilian world do they do this? I mean personally I think it should be done but you also can't always believe if a person is giving you information that is correct on who they slept with or shared a needle with. At that point its the honor system. Thanks for any help guys.

If you ever have any type of STD then the people at the clinic make you fill out a form asking you names of people you slept with so that they can be mailed out a reminder to go to clinic. Also they send it to the county general and they keep tabs of this sort of thing. With Aids it is more serious. If they can prove that you knew you had aids and continued to sleep around and pass it along, you can and will be charged with a crime.

Your not, by law required to tell, but doctors urge you too because when a patient is diagnosed with hiv doctors must ask and contact the individuals who you've had risk activities with, but its not covered by law that you have to tell your doctor, itsw just doctors must ask.

It's a myth.

Doctors keep it confidential.
They don't tell anyone. They urge you to tell people yourself.

But if its something like drug needles, you wouldn't want everyone to know...

Yes, the do ask you the names and contact info of your sexual artners. This is voluntary. However, they will report your name and address to the CDC. though they won't tell you about this.