Section 39-5408 - HTLV-III ANTIBODY.

ID Code § 39-5408 (2019) (N/A)
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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.]