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Assembly Bill A6605

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires a physician's examination and a blood test for marriage license applicants

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2009-A6605 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Domestic Relations Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง13-a, Dom Rel L

2009-A6605 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that a marriage license shall be accepted by a town or city clerk only if each applicant has been given an examination, including a standard serological test, for the discovery of a sexually transmissible disease including AIDS; provides further that a positive test result by either or both applicants shall not result in a denial of acceptance of such application by such town or city clerk; provides for judicial order to waive such requirements because of emergency or other causes requires strict confidentiality.

2009-A6605 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6605

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 6, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. BARRA, ERRIGO -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Judiciary

AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law, in relation to  requiring  a
  physician's  examination  and serological test of all persons applying
  for a marriage license

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.    The  domestic  relations law is amended by adding a new
section 13-a to read as follows:
  S 13-A. PHYSICIAN'S EXAMINATION AND SEROLOGICAL TEST OF APPLICANT  FOR
MARRIAGE LICENSE. 1. EXCEPT AS HEREIN OTHERWISE PROVIDED, NO APPLICATION
FOR  A  MARRIAGE  LICENSE  SHALL  BE  ACCEPTED BY THE TOWN OR CITY CLERK
UNLESS ACCOMPANIED BY OR UNLESS THERE SHALL HAVE BEEN FILED WITH  HIM  A
STATEMENT  OR  STATEMENTS  SIGNED  BY  A DULY LICENSED PHYSICIAN OR BY A
COMMISSIONED MEDICAL OFFICER OF THE ARMY, NAVY OR PUBLIC HEALTH  SERVICE
OF  THE  UNITED  STATES THAT EACH APPLICANT HAS BEEN GIVEN SUCH EXAMINA-
TION, INCLUDING A STANDARD SEROLOGICAL TEST, AS MAY BE NECESSARY FOR THE
DISCOVERY OF A SEXUALLY TRANSMISSIBLE DISEASE INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
TO, ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME MADE ON A DAY SPECIFIED  IN  THE
STATEMENT,  WHICH SHALL BE NOT MORE THAN THE THIRTIETH DAY PRIOR TO THAT
ON WHICH THE LICENSE IS APPLIED FOR. IF IN THE OPINION OF THE  PHYSICIAN
THE  PERSON  NAMED  THEREIN  IS  INFECTED  WITH A SEXUALLY TRANSMISSIBLE
DISEASE INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,  ACQUIRED  IMMUNE  DEFICIENCY
SYNDROME,  THE  TOWN OR CITY CLERK SHALL ACCEPT THE APPLICATION NOTWITH-
STANDING THIS FACT PROVIDED THE OTHER REQUIREMENTS  SET  FORTH  IN  THIS
ARTICLE  RELATING  TO  THE  ACCEPTANCE  OF AN APPLICATION FOR A MARRIAGE
LICENSE ARE MET.
  2. BECAUSE OF EMERGENCY OR OTHER CAUSE SHOWN  BY  AFFIDAVIT  OR  OTHER
PROOF,  A JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OR THE COUNTY JUDGE OF THE COUNTY
IN WHICH THE WOMAN RESIDES, OR, IF SUCH WOMAN IS  BETWEEN  FOURTEEN  AND
SIXTEEN  YEARS  OF AGE, THE JUDGE OF THE FAMILY COURT OF SUCH COUNTY, IF

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09912-01-9
              

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