Sec. 7. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a practitioner may not use a donation of semen until the following conditions are met:

(1) The specimen has been frozen and quarantined for at least one hundred eighty (180) days.

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 16-41-14-7

  • 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) The donor is retested after one hundred eighty (180) days for the HIV antibody.

     (b) If the recipient indicates that the donor is in a mutually monogamous relationship with the recipient, the practitioner:

(1) shall perform the HIV test required under this chapter for the donor at least annually as long as artificial insemination procedures are continuing; and

(2) may not perform artificial insemination unless the tests for HIV antibody performed under this chapter produce negative results.

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-7.5-7.]

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24.