TITLE 39

HEALTH AND SAFETY

CHAPTER 54

ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION

39-5408.  HTLV-III antibody. Every hospital, bank or other storage facility where a person has donated semen shall use all reasonable means to detect if the donor has an antibody to HTLV-III in his blood. In the event that an antibody to HTLV-III is detected, such semen shall not be used for any purposes of artificial insemination.

As used in this section, "HTLV-III" means the human T-cell lymphotropic virus type III that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

History:

[39-5408, added 1986, ch. 111, sec. 1, p. 304.]