Indiana Code - Family Law and Juvenile Law - Title 31, Section 31-11-4-5

Distribution of information concerning dangerous communicable
diseases that are sexually transmitted

Sec. 5. (a) The clerk of the circuit court shall distribute to
marriage license applicants written information or videotaped
information approved by the AIDS advisory council of the state

department of health concerning dangerous 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 dangerous communicable diseases that are
sexually transmitted. The information must include an explanation
of the following:
(1) The etiology of dangerous 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 state 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.

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.3.

Last modified: May 24, 2006