§ 31-11-4-5 — Distribution of information concerning serious communicable diseases that are sexually transmitted

Indiana § 31-11-4-5

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 11: FAMILY LAW: MARRIAGE
• Ch. 4: Marriage Licenses and Certificates

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(a) The clerk of the circuit court shall distribute
to marriage license applicants written information or videotaped
information approved by the HIV advisory council of the Indiana
department of health concerning serious communicable diseases that
are sexually transmitted.
(b) Written information and videotaped information distributed by
each clerk of the circuit court under subsection (a) must provide
current information on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
and other serious communicable diseases that are sexually transmitted.
The information must include an explanation of the following:
(1) The etiology of serious communicable diseases that are
sexually transmitted.
(2) The behaviors that create a high risk of transmission of such
diseases.
(3) Precautionary measures that reduce the risk of contracting
such diseases.
(4) The necessity for consulting medical specialists if infection is
suspected.
(c) At the time of application for a marriage license, each clerk of
the circuit court shall:
(1) provide the marriage license applicants with written
information furnished under subsection (a) concerning dangerous
communicable diseases that are sexually transmitted; or
(2) show the marriage license applicants videotaped information
furnished under subsection (a) concerning dangerous
communicable diseases that are sexually transmitted.
(d) In addition to the information provided to marriage license
applicants under subsection (c), each clerk of the circuit court shall
inform each marriage license applicant that the applicant may be tested
on a voluntary basis for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
infection by the applicant's private physician or at another testing site.
The clerk shall provide the marriage applicants with a list of testing
sites in the community.
(e) An applicant who objects to the written information or
videotaped information on religious grounds is not required to receive
the information.
(f) If materials required by this section are not prepared by other
sources, the Indiana department of health shall prepare the materials.
(g) The provider of the materials is responsible for all costs involved
in the development, preparation, and distribution of the information
required by this section. Except for the materials developed by the
state, the state and county are not liable for the costs of materials used
to implement this section and section 4 of this chapter.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-7-3-3.5.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.112-2020, SEC.58; P.L.56-2023, SEC.253.