Sheesh sometimes its really hard to tell if some of you guys are even medical students, "just take PrEP" Lmao ya okay, lets just ignore the side effects. After doing some clinical time I've worked with plenty of HIV pts and you'd be astonished at how many "stop because I started feeling better," or "can't take the sides anymore." Honestly the same stuff you hear from DM/HTN pts. I notice a lot of people downplay the sides of them, but after seeing people with lipodystrophy of the face, getting diabetes, ect I wouldn't put them into the category of something I'd want to take everyday for the rest of my life.
Anyways I can only talk about Texas, I will use a Derm that can do Mohs surgery as an example. If this derm also runs a normal derm practice on the side he/she wont be required to tell patients their status. If he/she does a procedure (the legal term of "procedure" is a topic of its own), they will be required to tell the patient and get a wavier. I personally see nothing wrong with this, as future doctors we are here for the patients and they have a right to know if their physician has HIV+. Just as we have a right to know if they have HIV and are our patients. Seriously who knows if they are even taking their Anti-virals correctly, plus anything can happen in the OR.