NORTHRIDGE, Calif. - New adult industry health screening facility Talent Testing Service is consulting with the Los Angeles Health Department about plans for a network of clinics.

"We've been in communication with them; we've held several meetings," TTS director of operations Julio Conde told AVN. "We're trying to get a feel for what their concerns are, and we're trying to do two things with them: Number one is, through them, we're putting [together] a network of clinics. Our facility is mainly a drawing station; we're working with them as far as providing the follow-up for the talent. We'll set up an appointment for them where they can go for an examination with a doctor, and in most cases, they will get free treatment.


"We're also coming up with a very high-tech concept for quarantine in the event of an outbreak," Conde continued, "AIM [Adult Industry Medical] already has some procedures in place, and we're trying to orchestrate and organize some sort of system that will give the Department of Health a heads-up in a much more efficient way, as far as gathering names of talent that may have been exposed to HIV in the case of that happening."

Conde said TTS is in ongoing talks with Cal-OSHA, as well.

"Our goal here is to make sure the talent are narrowing their chance of exposure to any STD, and work with the industry as a whole." Conde concluded. "I think the more we do on the health issues, the better off the industry will be. We know what's coming down the pipe on the government level, so the more we do and the more support I get on my end here at Talent Testing Service, I think we'll come up with solutions that will be very acceptable by the different institutions and organizations, as to avoid the ideas that they have in mind. Because [those ideas] will basically kill the industry."

For more information on Talent Testing Service, go to www.talenttestingservice.com.

How is cooperating with osha going to prevent killing the industry...isnt the oppisite more likely? Dont producers have enough to worry about already? Give me a break. The std rates amoung adult industry performers has and always will be WAY below that of non industry people. Why is this even an issue? What exactly do they mean by they know whats coming down the pipe? Isnt everyone predicting a democrat win this year? Arent they supposed to be the ones who wont wage war on porn?TTS obviously just wants to do anything they can to make AIM look bad, because it means more moeny for them. It all comes down to money.

What a mistake. Julio Conde does not even realize what this issue really means to the industry. What cannot be accomplished through censorship is being tried through regulation.

There are people that would like this industry to disappear completely and if they cannot censor it out of existence, I suspect that they would like to regulate it to death.

If he is in talks with Cal-OSHA and LA Health, I would be worried. That should not happen without input from the rest of the industry as well as the lawyers that know this issue the best.

No one group, company or person should be meeting with LA Health and Cal-OSHA on issues that effect everyone.

Michael

www.adultbizlaw.com

This is all smoke up the ass.

Unless they decide to implement full dna screenings before every performance then this would be a easy and predictable way for the local government to gain control over something
which should be self regulatory.