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Copyright 1994 CDRP/Chestnut CD ROM & BBS LEGAL GUIDE, INC.

OVERVIEW:

Welcome to HIV/AIDS RESOURCE GUIDE, Volume 1, Number 1, January,
1994.

This CD-ROM contains a comprehensive resource library with:

state laws related to AIDS/HIV
federal laws related to AIDS/HIV
court opinions related to AIDS/HIV
the proposed Health Security Act
news items about AIDS/HIV

as well as legal forms for living wills, wills and powers of
attorney.

This program is not a final "encyclopedia" of all laws related to
HIV because the laws related to AIDS/HIV change daily. Each month
legislatures pass new laws, and courts issue new opinions. For
example, the White House made over 200 technical changes to the
Health Security Act between the time it was first released and
its filing in Congress. (The printed version sold in bookstores
IS NOT up to date.) The HIV/AIDS resource guide provides a "snap
shot" of the law related to these subjects, at the date of
publication, January 14, 1994.

The first edition is a "baseline" edition. Our goal for this
edition was to write a program which contained all state and
federal laws directly mentioning, or known to directly affect the
many persons who have questions about HIV law or the proposed
Health Security Act. We will issue updates 3 times a year. (Each
update will be complete in and of itself-- no flipping back and
forth between different CD's.) Each additional version will
update all of the material already contained, and add new
material.

In addition, the authors intend to provide a work without
ideological overtones. This program should be considered as a
"text book." It is a work of journalism or scholarship, not
advocacy. Please do not construe any comments that our editorial
staff has added into materials as implying any particular
position. This product is for all persons with an interest in the
many questions related to HIV and the law.

We have more than met our goal for this edition. This CD contains
well over 14,000 traditional printed pages!

One major advantage of CD-ROMs is that dozens of volumes of
traditional printed books are consolidated in one place. We are
sure that all persons with an interest in HIV law and the
proposed health care reform act will find answers to their
questions in the HIV/AIDS Resource Guide. Professionals now have
a convenient "one stop" place for access to the vast amount of
information in this field.

In the next edition, we will add numerous new items, such as:

a greatly expanded legal forms section
additional library information such as pleadings and briefs
from lawsuits mentioned in the program
user requested information
new laws and court decisions as passed

Throughout various files you will notice comments stating
specific government reports and other materials that will be
included in updates.

ALL USERS ARE INVITED TO WRITE OR CALL IN WITH SUGGESTIONS FOR
FUTURE UPDATES. USERS ARE ALSO INVITED TO SEND IN NEWS ITEMS.
(SEE ADDRESSES in section 3-1). We carefully consider all user
suggestions, and virtually all suggestions are incorporated in
future editions.

For most convenient use of the program, please read the
"INTRO.TXT" and "QUESTION.TXT" files. The "INTRO.TXT" file
contains a list of legal terms and abbreviations and an
orientation to reading legal opinions; "QUESTION.TXT" contains
specific questions which users may have, and outlines on where to
find the answer. Please at least skim through our manual! It will
make the use of this program much simpler.

COMPANION PRODUCT

For more general legal concerns, The COMPLETE HOME & OFFICE LEGAL
GUIDE, also published by Chestnut/CDRP will be of help to you.
The COMPLETE HOME & OFFICE LEGAL GUIDE is a general legal self-
help package, including 500 general legal forms, and thousands
and thousands of pages of annotated and indexed legal material of
general use for family law, small business law and corporate law.
Order through your CDRP dealer.

INTRODUCTION

PLEASE READ ALL FILES WITH EXTENSIONS OF ".TXT" that came with
your program  for important information and any last minute news
and changes.

SPECIAL NOTE: IN THIS MANUAL ITEMS TO BE ENTERED ON THE COMPUTER
ARE ENCLOSED IN ANGLED BRACKETS "< >". Follow the entry with the
ENTER key. Do not type the brackets. The brackets are just place
holders for the text that you will type.

1) System Requirements/Installation
2) Use of the program
3) Customer Satisfaction- Support
4) About our staff
5) Legalese-- warranties, trademarks, warnings
6) Index

SECTION ONE
INSTALLATION
Section 1-1

INSTALLATION

To install the HIV-AIDS RESOURCE GUIDE  (we'll call it RESOURCE
GUIDE hereafter) place the CD in your CD-ROM drive. Then make the
CD drive the active drive by entering the letter name of the
drive followed by a colon. For example, if your CD-ROM drive is
named L:, then enter:

                              <L:>

You must run the install program, or else you will not be able to
use the program! REPEAT: Run install.exe first!

The command to install is, surprisingly enough,

                         <INSTALL>

Please follow the on screen prompts to complete the installation
process. The install process will take you about a minute or so.
The install program will make a directory on the hard drive disk
of your choice for saving documents you create or statutes/cases
you export called \AIDSLAW.

The install utility will then list the present sub-directories
that are on your path. Please select one of these for writing the
batch file needed to start the program. By making such a
selection you will be able to start the program from any
directory on the system. If you do not select, the file is
written to the root directory of drive C, C:\.

The only items that are written to the hard drive are documents
you create, or files you export. All of the data will remain on
the CD.


SECTION 1-2 SYSTEMS REQUIREMENTS

In order to operate this program, your computer must:

1) Have MS/PC-DOS 4.0 or higher or equivalent DR DOS; (The
program is compatible with DOS shells included in MS Windows or
IBM's OS/2);

To find out which version of DOS you are using, please enter:

                              <ver>

and you will receive a cheery message such as

                         MS-DOS VER 4.01

In general most 386, 486 or Pentium systems will support this
program;

2) have a hard drive (fixed disk);

3) have at least 512 K Bytes of USABLE memory within the first
640KB.

[Technical note: Many computer users have machines that are
installed with 640K but install many Terminate and stay resident
(TSR or "memory resident" programs) which each use memory,
dropping usable memory to less than 512 K; if you cannot operate
this program dump out of it (the time honored process of giving
the "three fingered salute"--pressing Control, Alternate and
Delete at once to "warm" reboot) and at a system prompt type,
exactly

                            <chkdsk>


Your machine should whirl and click and then announce something
like this along with information about the space left on your
disk drive:

655360 bytes total memory
610000 bytes free

if you have less than 512000 bytes of memory free, then you must
read the manuals for your memory resident software or software
drivers and delete some of them so that you have at least 512000
free when you run this program.]

4) Have a CD ROM drive and the Microsoft MS-DOS CD ROM
extensions, also known as MSCDEX;

There is no minimum requirement for graphics adapters or color
monitors, although we recommend VGA color.

A printer is required to print out statutes, cases or documents.

SECTION 1-3 PRINTING THIS MANUAL

To obtain a printed manual, you may display the manual through
the statutes menu, under the news sub-category, and then print it
out as described in Section 2-7 or "export" the file in one of 6
word processing formats as described in section 2-8.

SECTION 2

STARTING THE PROGRAM; USING THE PROGRAM

Section 2-1 START UP AND MAIN MENU

In order to start the program type:

                            <aidslaw>

and press the Return key. (This key is also called the ENTER key,
and is usually marked on your keyboard with a left descending
arrow.  Throughout this manual, it will be referred to as
<Return>.)

The main menu offers a help screen.

Section 2-2 MOUSE USERS

Your mouse must be MS DOS compatible, and the mouse driver must
be loaded for the rodent to operate. For more information on
loading your mouse driver, please see the manual that came with
your rodent. Clicking the left button sends a carriage return,
the right button page down, both buttons, sends Escape. Moving
the rodent up and down advances the cursor up and down. NOTE: We
do not have a separate mouse cursor. The mouse is emulating the
cursor keys.

Section 2-3 SELECTING MAIN MENU OPTIONS

To select your choice, either use the cursor keys (up and down
arrows) to highlight the choice you want, or, enter the letter
corresponding to your choice, and then press

                            <Return>.

We will explain the operation of the dos shell, statutes, and
tutorials, document preparation and editing documents separately.

Section 2-4 THE SHELL GAME- OUR DOS "SHELL"

Choice "S"- DOS Shell-- Our DOS "shell" is a utility program that
allows you to perform tasks, while retaining the RESOURCE GUIDE
in memory. For example, if you want to format a floppy disk, but
do not want to exit the program, then choose the DOS Shell
option, by either highlighting this option using the cursor keys
(up and down arrows) or pressing

                               <S>

then press <RETURN>. The machine then displays a message
indicating that your operating system is loaded. For example,

                Microsoft (R) MS-DOS (R) Version 4.01
             (C) Copyright Microsoft Corp. 1981-1986

you may then operate DOS commands. At all times, the RESOURCE
GUIDE remains in memory. To resume use of the program, type

                             <EXIT>

and then <Return>. This will return you to the opening screen.

Section 2-5 THE NAVIGATOR

The Navigator displays a strip, on the bottom of each screen,
listing the active keys. The navigator strip is your the best
place for help in getting around the program.

Section 2-6 STATUTES MENU

THE RESOURCE GUIDE contains the full text, with annotations of
many important laws and governmental regulations. To choose this
option from the main menu, press

                               <B>

and then <Return>, or highlight this option by using the cursor
keys- up and down arrows. Because we have so many statutes, they
are separated into sub-menus. Categories and sub-categories are
listed in capital letters; entries that you may choose are listed
in mixed case letters.

The best way to learn is by doing!

The top-level Categories are all labeled with a "1" to the left
of the Category name, as in the following example:

Press Enter for HELP
1    <- FEDERAL STATUTES AND REGULATIONS CATEGORY
1    <- STATE LAWS AND REGULATIONS
1    <- PROPOSED LAWS

Use your cursor keys (or your mouse if you are running the
rodential version of THE RESOURCE GUIDE) to select the one of
interest to you. It will highlight. Press ENTER or the left mouse
button to select that entry.

The category you selected will remains on screen, and the next
level is listed on the screen below it.

-----------<< Statutes Menu >>------------------
Press Enter for HELP
1    <- FEDERAL STATUES AND REGULATIONS CATEGORY
     2 <- AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT
     2 <- TITLE 42, UNITED STATES CODE
----------------------------------------------------------------

If you type 1 or highlight 1 and press enter, you will return to
the first level.

Remember that entries that you can select are presented in upper
case and lower case letters. As you can see, level 2 is a sub-
category.

Pick one of the Subcategories. Assume you picked the Title 42,
United States Code.

------------<< Statutes Menu >>---------------------
Press Enter for HELP
1    <- FEDERAL STATUTES AND REGULATIONS
     2 <-  TITLE 42, UNITED STATES CODE
          Section 300yy Grants for HIV research
          Section 300cc Ryan White Aids Act, Part 1 of 2
          Section 300cc Ryan White Aids Act, Part 2 of 2
----------------------------------------------------------------

Now, you can see that there are upper and lower case indented
selections. These are items that you can display, print or export
in your word processor.

If you want to return to level 1 or 2 highlight that number and
you will be returned to that menu level.

SECTION 2-7 PRINTING OUT STATUTES

To print the statute you have chosen press <P> (Remember that the
navigator is always there for you and there is an on line help
file!) The file print function is "straight ASCII." If you are
using a laser printer be sure to disable "landscape" printing or
other settings which will cause the printer to decline to print
normal ASCII text.

SECTION 2-8 EXPORT OF STATUTES

You may also export the material in ASCII, Word Star for DOS 5-7,
Microsoft Windows Write 3.1, Word Perfect for DOS 5.1, Rich Text
Format or Microsoft Word for DOS.

To export a file in one of these word processing formats, press

                               <F>

for "file out", and then select the conversion you desire. THE
FILE WILL BE WRITTEN IN THE SELECTED FORMAT in a file named
TEMP.OUT to the directory where you installed the program. The
file will ALWAYS be named TEMP.OUT. You must rename TEMP.OUT or
copy it to another sub-directory, since your next export will
over-write TEMP.OUT.

Go forth and work with the system! YOU WILL FIND IT to be very
convenient after the first few times you use it.

Once you are reading the full text, you will occasionally see
blocks of text marked with "/*" and closed with "*/." These are
distinguishing place holders to show comments authored by our
staff as opposed to the full text of the law or regulation.
Copyright stuff: OFFICIAL DISCLAIMER OF COPYRIGHT TO FEDERAL
WORKS. We do not claim copyright on U.S. government material
contained in the statutes menu. In addition we do not claim
copyright to state court decisions or laws. However we do claim
copyright on all the rest of the program and on the comments
within the statutes.

Section 2-9 BROWSING THROUGH THE STATUTES

You may read the statutes by pressing the page up, page down,
cursor keys for up and down (up and down arrows.) The left and
right cursor keys are special. The left arrow key returns you to
the previous comment; the right arrow searches for the next
comment.

If you press the left arrow key and the text does not change,
this means that you are seeing the first comment; if you press
the right arrow key and the text does not change you are then
viewing the last comment in the file.


Section 2-10 EXITING FROM STATUTES

To leave a statute, you may press

                          Escape <ESC>

or, to exit the program completely, press

                               <X>

which will send you back to DOS and quit the program.

Section 2-11 TUTORIAL MENU


THE RESOURCE GUIDE contains "tutorials", which are brief
explanations of the living will laws. To select this option,
either highlight option C from the main menu, or, enter the
letter
                               <C>

Then press <RETURN>.

Since the law related to many areas of HIV law are in a state of
flux, we have not provided further tutorials at this time. We
will do so in future editions, once the law is clarified in
specific areas.

Section 2-12 SELECTING A TUTORIAL

Once you have determined which tutorial you might want to read or
review, please highlight it by using the cursor keys (up and down
arrows). Then press <Return>. You will then be able to see the
text of a tutorial.

You can read through the tutorial by using the cursor keys, page
down, page up or the home or end keys.

Section 2-13 READING FULL TEXT OF LAWS OR REGULATIONS DISCUSSED-
OPENING A SECOND WINDOW

Let's get back to the tutorial. If you would like to read and
review the full text of the laws discussed in a tutorial , you
can review this simultaneously with the tutorial by opening a
second "window." To do so, press the letter

                               <S>

and you will be able to select to view the on line dictionary or
to view a help screen for tutorials.

To select which option you desire, use the cursor keys (up and
down arrow) to highlight the item you want to view. Then press
return. The selected item (the on line dictionary, help or other
materials) will then appear on the screen; to toggle back and
forth between the tutorial and the selected, press

                               <O>

Section 2-14 DRAFTING DOCUMENTS

THE DOCUMENT GENERATOR

We are very proud of our document generation program and hope
that you will be as well. Through the use of this part of the
program you will be able to draft custom legal papers that are
legal and binding in all 50 states. These forms will accomplish
their objectives.  If you use a form that isn't right you'll have
a legal and valid form that accomplishes something other than you
desired.

READ CAREFULLY

************************************************************
Please review the warranty disclaimer and sign-on notice.
************************************************************

In order to begin using the forms generator, from the main menu,
please select option "E", prepare legal documents, by either
entering

                               <E>

and then <Return> or using the cursor keys (up and down arrows)
to select this option.

The document menu operates similarly to the statutes menu.

The future editions of this program will expand the document
preparation menu extensively including:

corporate policies for hiring/firing/accommodating employees
instruments for the sale or borrowing against insurance policies
administrative or court filings for discrimination complaints
answers to discrimination complaints
example pleadings for use in lawsuits or administrative hearings
internal regulations for schools
internal regulations for airlines and other common carrier

Again, user input is welcomed!

SECTION 2-15 BUILDING DOCUMENTS: SCREENS

In using option "E" the prepare/save/print/export legal documents
menu (the document generator), you will then see two types of
form building screens- a multiple choice box and a fill in the
blank box.

SECTION 2-16 FILL IN THE BLANK SCREENS

First the fill in the blank box:

Enter, exactly as you wish to see it, the information requested.
Be careful to put it in the format requested- if the fill in the
blank box asks for the information in numerals, use numerals. If
it asks for information in numbers, enter numbers. Once you have
finished filling in the blanks, then hit return. You can "edit" a
line prior to entering "return" by using the backspace key. If
you have made a horrible goof and want to start from scratch, use
the tab forward key to highlight the "cancel" choice on the
bottom of the dialogue box, and press return. The document will
then be canceled. You will be returned to the document
preparation category or sub-category. A second option is to leave
the document with the error and fix it either with the on-line
word processor or your own word processor.

On occasions the space which is provided for entry of data is too
small. In that case, simply enter in the fill in the blank box
"See exhibit 1 (etc.)" and use a separate sheet to continue. Or
you can fill in the document and then use the built-in word
processor to put in the rest of the information.

SECTION 2-17 MULTIPLE CHOICE SCREENS

You will also see multiple choice boxes. Use the up arrow and
down arrow (cursor keys) to place the "bullet" in the choice that
you would like, and press <Return>.

SECTION 2-18 NUMERICAL AMOUNTS

When amounts of money need to be input, enter them in the
following form:

                            <213.45>
                           <22000.00>

Commas are not required and dollar signs should not be used. The
program will prompt for numerical amounts and then will
transliterate them into their numerical equivalents. Thus, if you
enter 100, the program will show it as

     $ 100.00 (One hundred & no/100 Dollars)

automatically!

SECTION 2-19 SUGGESTED INPUTS

Many screens contain suggested inputs. For example, the "number
of days between installments" on the installment promissory note
has several choices. The final choice "KEY IN VALUE" allows you
to put whichever choice you desire in the form if the suggestions
don't fit your needs. To enter your own value, place the bullet
in the KEY IN VALUE choice and then press ENTER. Then type in
your choice.

SECTION 2-20 FINISHING DOCUMENTS- NAMING DOCUMENTS

Once you've finished preparing a document, press

                               <S>

(for save) and then fill in the name of the document. MS-DOS
limits you to eight characters and an extension on a file, for
example- "foobar.doc." We don't-- your document can be named
meaningfully using up to 72 characters, including blanks-- Thus,
a last will and testament dated 1/14/94:

Last will & testament, 1/14/94- changes in burial plans added

Use a completely descriptive name so you will know exactly what
the document is.

SECTION 2-21 PRINTING DOCUMENTS

To print out a document, after completing your answers, and
seeing the document, press <P>, and a dialogue box will ask you
use the cursor key to say "yes" or "no." Before saying yes be
sure that the printer is connected to the computer, turned on,
and has ribbons and paper. (Or if it is a laser printer, that it
has toner and paper!) You may use a printer of your choice from
daisy wheel, a dot matrix to a laser.

IF YOU ARE USING A LASER PRINTER BE SURE TO CLEAR OUT ANY CODES
THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE SET FOR GRAPHICS OR LANDSCAPE PRINTING. THE
PRINT OUTPUT IS ORDINARY "ASCII."

SECTION 2-22 REVIEWING DOCUMENTS

To print out a document which you previously saved, go to the
main menu and either use the cursor key or enter the letter

                               <F>

and then press <Return>. The documents, with titles that you have
chosen will appear on screen. To see one, highlight that document
and press <Return.> To print, press

                               <P>

check that you are ready and then print away. To write the
document to file named "TEMP.OUT," press

                               <F>

and the Return key. The "TEMP.OUT" file will be written to the
/AIDSLAW sub-directory which was created during installation. The
output is in "ASCII" format. Be sure to rename or move the file,
since the next file export will overwrite the previous export.

SECTION 2-23  DELETING DOCUMENTS

For your own sanity, you should only delete the documents that
are on the "review/print/delete" menu from within the system.
(Copies exported to TEMP.OUT can be deleted any way you see fit.)
To delete a document, first select the document, and press enter
so that you are viewing that document. To delete hold down the
<Alt> key and while holding the ALT key down, press

                               <D>

(for delete.) This will permanently erase a document, and in most
cases even an undelete program will not save you! Be sure that
you intend to do so before zapping a document to never-never
land!

SECTION 2-24 EDITING DOCUMENTS

Once you have prepared a document, you may change it with the
built in text editor.

The text editor contains a complete help screen. Just hit

                              <F1>

for complete help.

NOTE: THE MOUSE IS DISABLED DURING USE OF OUR EDITOR.

SECTION 3

Section 3-1: SUPPORT

Support is available through Chestnut/CDRP, via voice during
regular business hours, Eastern time, Monday through Friday: 1-
617-494-5330

or via fax, 1-617-494-6094.

Or write:
CDRP
P.O. Box 360
Cambridge MA 02141-0004

Section 3-2  UPDATES

Laws change, frequently. THE RESOURCE GUIDE is updated and
expanded 3 times yearly. Every new issue contains a complete
update of all materials.

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO MAKE SUGGESTIONS FOR UPDATE TOPICS AND FORMS
through CDRP.

SECTION 3-3 MEDIA INTERVIEWS

The legal and technical staff of THE RESOURCE GUIDE are available
for newspaper, magazine, radio and television interviews. Our
staff provides an unbiased perspective on the laws related to
HIV/AIDS and cutting edge information about the exploding CD-ROM
industry. Please contact CDRP to obtain media information or to
schedule interviews. Our staff have extensive media experience
and eagerly await your calls. We will make every effort to
accommodate short notice requests.

SECTION 4-1

WHO WE ARE

It takes many persons to put together a project of this
magnitude. The staff of BBS LEGAL GUIDE, INC. that prepared this
program consist of:

Project leader- Warren Clary, P.E
Logistics leader and editor in chief- Amy Seeberger
Legal editor- Herb Kraft
Chief Paralegal- Scott Briscoe
Systems specialist- E. Ray Clary, P.E.

Thanks to everyone at CDRP for their assistance.

SECTION 4-2
OTHER PROGRAMS

The staff also authored the best selling COMPLETE AND OFFICE
LEGAL GUIDE. This Chestnut CD-ROM contains over 500 menu driven
legal forms and thousands of pages of legal information, in a
format similar to this program. This CD for MS-DOS provides a
wealth of information for personal, family and business issues.

SECTION 5

LEGALESE

Section 5-1 LIMITATION OF WARRANTY

Please see the package insert for warranty limitations.

Section 5-2 TRADEMARKS

IBM PC, PS/2, AT, XT, and PC-DOS are trademarks of IBM. MS-DOS,
Microsoft Word, MS Windows and OS/2 are trademarks of Microsoft.
DR-DOS is a trademark of Digital Research. UNIX is a trademark of
Bell Labs.

Section 5-3 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

"Mouse.com" is copyright 1983,1984 by Microsoft, and is used
under license. The programmers and editors note for the record
that Diet Coke Brand of sugar free beverage, ice cream and
delivered pizza were major tools which aided in the timely
development of this program.

SECTION 6

INDEX

The index refers to section numbers, not page numbers.

Section     Topic

1-1  Installation
1-2  System Requirements
1-3  Printing out the manual
2-0  Detailed operating instructions begin
2-1  Start up and main menu- keyboard users
2-2  Information for mouse users
2-3  Selecting from the main menu options
2-4  DOS Shell
2-5  The Navigator
2-6  Statutes menu
2-7  Printing out documents
2-8  File exporting
2-9  Browsing through statutes
2-10 Exiting statutes
2-11 TUTORIALS MENU
2-12 Selecting a tutorial
2-13 Opening a second menu
2-14 DRAFTING DOCUMENTS (USING THE DOCUMENT GENERATOR)
2-15 Building documents: screens
2-16 Fill in the blank screens
2-17 Multiple choice screens
2-18 Numerical amounts
2-19 Suggested inputs
2-20 Finishing documents- naming documents
2-21 Printing documents
2-22 REVIEWING DOCUMENTS
2-23 Deleting documents
2-24 Editing documents
3-1  Support
3-2  Updates
3-3  Media Interviews
4-1  Who we are
4-2  Other programs
5-1  Limitation of warranty
5-2  Trademarks
5-3  Acknowledgments
6-1  Index