Indiana Code 16-41-14-13. Informed consent
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Sec. 13. 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:
(1) This facility performs a screening test for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) on every donor’s blood.
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Terms Used In Indiana Code 16-41-14-13
- artificial insemination: means the introduction of semen into the vagina or cervix of a woman by means other than through the act of coitus. See Indiana Code 16-41-14-2
- Donor: The person who makes a gift.
- practitioner: means a person who:
Indiana Code 16-41-14-4
(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.]
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.