§ 16-41-14-13 — Informed consent

Indiana § 16-41-14-13

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 16: HEALTH
• Art. 41: PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES FOR THE
• Ch. 14: Communicable Disease: Testing of Semen Used in

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A practitioner shall provide information to
a semen donor to enable the semen donor to give informed consent to
the procedures required by this chapter. The information required by
this section must be in the following form:
NOTICE
(1) This facility performs a screening test for the human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) on every donor's blood.
(2) This facility reports to the Indiana Department of Health the
name and address of a semen donor or recipient when a
confirmatory test of the semen donor's blood or the recipient's
blood confirms the presence of antibodies to the human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
(3) A person who, for the purpose of artificial insemination,
recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally donates, sells, or transfers
semen that contains antibodies for the human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV) commits a criminal offense as described in IC 35-45-21-1.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-7.5-14.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24. Amended by P.L.158-2013, SEC.244; P.L.133-2020, SEC.2; P.L.56-2023, SEC.160.