1Associate consultant, Emergency & Trauma care, Medanta-The Medicity, Gurugram
2Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology. SMS Medical College, Jaipur
3Senior Advocate, Rajasthan High Court
4Associate Director, Emergency & Trauma care, Medanta-The Medicity, Gurugram
*Corresponding Author: Email Id: vivekanshu@yahoo.co.in.
Online published on 15 December, 2018.
The Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (Prevention and Control) Act, 2017, often shortened to the HIV/AIDS Prevention Act, or simply the HIV/AIDS Act, is an Act of the Parliament, Government of India, that prohibits discrimination against individuals who are diagnosed with HIV/AIDS. The law prohibits conducting an HIV test, medical treatment or research on a person without their informed consent. It also prohibits a person from being forced to disclose his/her HIV/AIDS status, unless mandated by a court order. In this review article, we have analysed the HIV Related medicolegal Case Laws & ethical issues in India & Abroad, based on incidents of discrimination in hospitals, schools, and communities, and even though the rate of such incidents has gone down in recent years, due to provision of punishment & penalties for violating the HIV Act.
HIV-AIDS Act 2017, HIV-affected person, Discrimination of HIV affected, Ombudsman, Protected Person, Capacity to consent, Disclosure of HIV status, Duty of HIV positive person, Children with HIV, Disability
