Ind. Code § 16-41-7-1
Individual with a communicable disease's duty to inform persons at risk
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Current — January 1, 2023
As of January 1, 2018
Sec. 1. (a) This section applies to the following dangerous communicable diseases:
Sec. 1. (a) This section applies to the following serious communicable diseases:
(1) Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).
(1) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
(2) Hepatitis B.
(b) As used in this section, "high risk activity" means sexual or needle sharing contact that has been demonstrated epidemiologically to transmit a dangerous communicable disease described in subsection (a).
(b) As used in this section, "high risk activity" means sexual or needle sharing contact that has been epidemiologically demonstrated, as determined by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to bear a significant risk of transmitting a serious communicable disease described in subsection (a).
(c) As used in this section, "person at risk" means:
(c) As used in this section, "person at risk" means:
(1) past and present sexual or needle sharing partners who may have engaged in high risk activity; or
(1) past and present sexual or needle sharing partners who may have engaged in high risk activity; or
(2) sexual or needle sharing partners before engaging in high risk activity;
(2) sexual or needle sharing partners before engaging in high risk activity;
with the carrier of a dangerous communicable disease described in subsection (a).
with an individual with a communicable disease who has a serious communicable disease described in subsection (a).
(d) Carriers who know of their status as a carrier of a dangerous communicable disease described in subsection (a) have a duty to warn or cause to be warned by a third party a person at risk of the following:
(d) Individuals with a communicable disease who know of their status as an individual with a communicable disease and have a serious communicable disease described in subsection (a) have a duty to inform or cause to be notified by a third party a person at risk of the following:
(1) The carrier's disease status.
(1) The individual with a communicable disease's disease status.
(2) The need to seek health care such as counseling and testing.
(2) The need to seek health care such as counseling and testing.
Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.