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IA Code § 139A.21 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 139A - COMMUNICABLE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND POISONINGS|Section 139A.21 - Reportable poisonings and illnesses.

139A.21 Reportable poisonings and illnesses.   1. If the results of an examination by a public, private, or hospital clinical laboratory of a specimen from a person in Iowa yield evidence of or are reactive for a reportable poisoning or a reportable illness from a toxic agent, including methemoglobinemia, the results shall be reported to the department on forms prescribed by the department. If the laboratory is located in Iowa, the person in charge of the laboratory shall report the results. If the laboratory is not in Iowa, the health care provider submitting the specimen shall report the results.   2. The health care provider attending a person infected with a reportable poisoning or a reportable illness from a toxic agent, including methemoglobinemia, shall immediately report the case to the department. The department shall publish and distribute instructions concerning the method of reporting. Reports shall be made in accordance with rules adopted by the department.   3. A person in charge of a poison control information center shall report to the department cases of reportable poisoning, including methemoglobinemia, about which inquiries have been received.   4. The department shall adopt rules designating reportable poisonings, including methemoglobinemia, and illnesses which must be reported under this section.   5. The department shall establish and maintain a central registry to collect and store data reported pursuant to this section.   6. The department shall timely provide copies of all reports of pesticide poisonings or illnesses received pursuant to this section to the secretary of agriculture who shall timely forward these reports and any reports of pesticide poisonings or illnesses received pursuant to section 206.14 to the registrant of a pesticide which is the subject of any reports.  2000 Acts, ch 1066, §21; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §49; 2012 Acts, ch 1095, §130  Referred to in §135.11, 455E.11
IA Code § 139A.23 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 139A - COMMUNICABLE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND POISONINGS|Section 139A.23 - Contingent repeal.

139A.23 Contingent repeal.   If the provisions of Pub. L. No. 102-141 relating to requirements for prevention of transmission of HIV or HBV to patients in the performance of exposure-prone procedures are repealed, section 139A.22 is repealed.  2000 Acts, ch 1066, §23
IA Code § 139A.24 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 139A - COMMUNICABLE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND POISONINGS|Section 139A.24 - Blood donation or sale — penalty.

139A.24 Blood donation or sale — penalty.   A person suffering from a communicable disease dangerous to the public health who knowingly gives false information regarding the person’s infected state on a blood plasma sale application to blood plasma-taking personnel commits a serious misdemeanor.  2000 Acts, ch 1066, §24
IA Code § 139A.25 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 139A - COMMUNICABLE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND POISONINGS|Section 139A.25 - Penalties.

139A.25 Penalties.   1. Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, a person who knowingly violates any provision of this chapter, or of the rules of the department or a local board, or any lawful order, written or oral, of the department or board, or of their officers or authorized agents, is guilty of a simple misdemeanor.   2. Notwithstanding subsection 1, an individual who repeatedly fails to file any mandatory report specified in this chapter is subject to a report being made to the licensing board governing the professional activities of the individual. The department shall notify the individual each time that the department determines that the individual has failed to file a required report. The department shall inform the individual in the notification that the individual may provide information to the department to explain or dispute the failure to report.   3. Notwithstanding subsection 1, a public, private, or hospital clinical laboratory that repeatedly fails to file a mandatory report specified in this chapter is subject to a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars per occurrence. The department shall not impose the penalty under this subsection without prior written notice and opportunity for hearing.  2000 Acts, ch 1066, §25  Referred to in §139A.40
IA Code § 139A.26 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 139A - COMMUNICABLE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND POISONINGS|Section 139A.26 - Meningococcal disease vaccination information for postsecondary students.

139A.26 Meningococcal disease vaccination information for postsecondary students.   1. Each institution of higher education that has an on-campus residence hall or dormitory shall provide vaccination information on meningococcal disease to each student enrolled in the institution. The vaccination information shall be contained on student health forms provided to each student by the institution, which forms shall include space for the student to indicate whether or not the student has received the vaccination against meningococcal disease. The vaccination information about meningococcal disease shall include any recommendations issued by the national centers for disease control and prevention regarding the disease. Vaccination information obtained under this section that is in the possession of an institution of higher education pursuant to this section shall not be considered a public record. Data obtained under this section shall be submitted annually to the department in a manner prescribed by the department and such that no individual person can be identified.   2. This section shall not be construed to require any institution of higher education to provide the vaccination against meningococcal disease to students.   3. This section shall not apply if the national centers for disease control and prevention no longer recommend the meningococcal disease vaccine.   4. This section does not create a private right of action.   5. The department shall adopt rules for administration of this section. The department shall review the requirements of this section at least every five years, and shall submit its recommendations for modification to, or continuation of, this section based upon new information about the disease or vaccination against the disease in a report that shall be submitted to the general assembly no later than January 15, 2010, with subsequent reports developed and submitted by January 15 at least every fifth year thereafter.  2004 Acts, ch 1023, §1
IA Code § 139A.30 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 139A - COMMUNICABLE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND POISONINGS|Section 139A.30 - Confidential reports.

139A.30 Confidential reports.   1. Reports to the department which include the identity of persons infected with a sexually transmitted disease or infection, and all such related information, records, and reports concerning the person, shall be confidential and shall not be accessible to the public.   2. Notwithstanding subsection 1, reports to the department and related reports, information, and records shall be confidential only to the extent necessary to prevent identification of persons named in such reports, information, and records. The other parts of such reports, information, and records shall be public records. This subsection shall prevail over any inconsistent provision of this subchapter.  2000 Acts, ch 1066, §26; 2002 Acts, ch 1119, §134; 2019 Acts, ch 59, §51  Referred to in §232.69
IA Code § 139A.31 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 139A - COMMUNICABLE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND POISONINGS|Section 139A.31 - Report to department.

139A.31 Report to department.   Immediately after the first examination or treatment of any person infected with any sexually transmitted disease or infection, the health care provider who performed the examination or treatment shall transmit to the department a report stating the name of the infected person, the address of the infected person, the infected person’s date of birth, the sex of the infected person, the race and ethnicity of the infected person, the infected person’s marital status, the infected person’s telephone number, if the infected person is female, whether the infected person is pregnant, the name and address of the laboratory that performed the test, the date the test was found to be positive and the collection date, and the name of the health care provider who performed the test. However, when a case occurs within the jurisdiction of a local health department, the report shall be made directly to the local health department which shall immediately forward the information to the department. Reports shall be made in accordance with rules adopted by the department. Reports shall be confidential. Any person filing a report of a sexually transmitted disease or infection who is acting reasonably and in good faith is immune from any liability, civil or criminal, which might otherwise be incurred or imposed as a result of such report.  2000 Acts, ch 1066, §27
IA Code § 139A.32 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 139A - COMMUNICABLE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND POISONINGS|Section 139A.32 - Examination results from laboratory — report.

139A.32 Examination results from laboratory — report.   A person in charge of a public, private, or hospital clinical laboratory shall report to the department, on forms prescribed by the department, results obtained in the examination of all specimens which yield evidence of or are reactive for those diseases defined as sexually transmitted diseases or infections, and listed in the Iowa administrative code. The report shall state the name of the infected person from whom the specimen was obtained, the address of the infected person, the infected person’s date of birth, the sex of the infected person, the race and ethnicity of the infected person, the infected person’s marital status, the infected person’s telephone number, if the infected person is female, whether the infected person is pregnant, the name and address of the laboratory that performed the test, the laboratory results, the test employed, the date the test was found to be positive and the collection date, the name of the health care provider who performed the test, and the name and address of the person submitting the specimen.  2000 Acts, ch 1066, §28
IA Code § 139A.33 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 139A - COMMUNICABLE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND POISONINGS|Section 139A.33 - Partner notification program.

139A.33 Partner notification program.   1. The department shall maintain a partner notification program for persons known to have tested positive for a reportable sexually transmitted disease or infection.   2. In administering the program, the department shall provide for all of the following:   a. A person who voluntarily participates in the program shall receive post-test counseling during which time the person shall be encouraged to refer for counseling and testing any person with whom the person has had sexual relations or has shared drug injecting equipment.   b. The physician or other health care provider attending the person may provide to the department any relevant information provided by the person regarding any person with whom the tested person has had sexual relations or has shared drug injecting equipment.   3. The department may delegate its partner notification duties under this section to local health authorities or a physician or other health care provider, as provided by rules adopted by the department.   4. In making contact with sexual or drug equipment-sharing partners, the department or its designee shall not disclose the identity of the person who provided the names of the persons to be contacted and shall protect the confidentiality of the persons contacted.   5. a. This section shall not be interpreted as creating a duty to warn third parties of the danger of exposure to a sexually transmitted disease or infection through contact with a person who tests positive for a sexually transmitted disease.   b. This section shall not be interpreted to require the department to provide partner notification services to all persons who have tested positive for a sexually transmitted disease or infection.  2000 Acts, ch 1066, §29; 2011 Acts, ch 63, §21
IA Code § 139A.34 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 139A - COMMUNICABLE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND POISONINGS|Section 139A.34 - Examination of persons suspected.

139A.34 Examination of persons suspected.   The local board shall cause an examination to be made of every person reasonably suspected, on the basis of epidemiological investigation, of having any sexually transmitted disease or infection in the infectious stages to ascertain if such person is infected and, if infected, to cause such person to be treated. A person who is under the care and treatment of a health care provider for the suspected condition shall not be subjected to such examination. If a person suspected of having a sexually transmitted disease or infection refuses to submit to an examination voluntarily, application may be made by the local board to the district court for an order compelling the person to submit to examination and, if infected, to treatment. The person shall be treated until certified as no longer infectious to the local board or to the department. If treatment is ordered by the district court, the attending health care provider shall certify that the person is no longer infectious.  2000 Acts, ch 1066, §30
IA Code § 139A.35 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 139A - COMMUNICABLE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND POISONINGS|Section 139A.35 - Minors.

139A.35 Minors.   A minor shall have the legal capacity to act and give consent to provision of medical care or services to the minor for the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of a sexually transmitted disease or infection by a hospital, clinic, or health care provider. Such medical care or services shall be provided by or under the supervision of a physician licensed to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery, a physician assistant, or an advanced registered nurse practitioner. Consent shall not be subject to later disaffirmance by reason of such minority. The consent of another person, including but not limited to the consent of a spouse, parent, custodian, or guardian, shall not be necessary.  2000 Acts, ch 1066, §31; 2008 Acts, ch 1058, §11; 2008 Acts, ch 1088, §141
IA Code § 139A.36 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 139A - COMMUNICABLE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND POISONINGS|Section 139A.36 - Certificate not to be issued.

139A.36 Certificate not to be issued.   A certificate of freedom from sexually transmitted disease or infection shall not be issued to any person by any official health agency.  2000 Acts, ch 1066, §32
IA Code § 139A.37 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 139A - COMMUNICABLE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND POISONINGS|Section 139A.37 - Pregnant women.

139A.37 Pregnant women.   The department shall adopt rules which incorporate the prenatal guidelines established by the centers for disease control and prevention of the United States department of health and human services as the state guidelines for prenatal testing and care relative to infectious disease.  2000 Acts, ch 1066, §33
IA Code § 139A.38 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 139A - COMMUNICABLE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND POISONINGS|Section 139A.38 - Medical treatment of newly born.

139A.38 Medical treatment of newly born.   A physician attending the birth of a child shall cause to be instilled into the eyes of the newly born infant a prophylactic solution approved by the department. This section shall not be construed to require treatment of the infant’s eyes with a prophylactic solution if the infant’s parent or legal guardian states that such treatment conflicts with the tenets and practices of a recognized religious denomination of which the parent or legal guardian is an adherent or member.  2000 Acts, ch 1066, §34
IA Code § 139A.39 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 139A - COMMUNICABLE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND POISONINGS|Section 139A.39 - Religious exceptions.

139A.39 Religious exceptions.   A provision of this chapter shall not be construed to require or compel any person to take or follow a course of medical treatment prescribed by law or a health care provider if the person is an adherent or member of a church or religious denomination and in accordance with the tenets or principles of the person’s church or religious denomination the person opposes the specific course of medical treatment. However, such person while in an infectious stage of disease shall be subject to isolation and such other measures appropriate for the prevention of the spread of the disease to other persons.  2000 Acts, ch 1066, §35
IA Code § 139A.40 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 139A - COMMUNICABLE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND POISONINGS|Section 139A.40 - Filing false reports.

139A.40 Filing false reports.   A person who knowingly makes a false statement in any of the reports required by this subchapter concerning persons infected with any sexually transmitted disease or infection, or who discloses the identity of such person, except as authorized by this subchapter, shall be punished as provided in section 139A.25.  2000 Acts, ch 1066, §36
IA Code § 139A.41 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 139A - COMMUNICABLE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND POISONINGS|Section 139A.41 - Chlamydia and gonorrhea treatment.

139A.41 Chlamydia and gonorrhea treatment.   Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a physician, physician assistant, or advanced registered nurse practitioner who diagnoses a sexually transmitted chlamydia or gonorrhea infection in an individual patient may prescribe, dispense, furnish, or otherwise provide prescription oral antibiotic drugs to that patient’s sexual partner or partners without examination of that patient’s partner or partners. If the infected individual patient is unwilling or unable to deliver such prescription drugs to a sexual partner or partners, a physician, physician assistant, or advanced registered nurse practitioner may dispense, furnish, or otherwise provide the prescription drugs to the department or local disease prevention investigation staff for delivery to the partner or partners.  2008 Acts, ch 1058, §12
IA Code § 141A.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 141A - ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME (AIDS)|Section 141A.2 - Lead agency.

141A.2 Lead agency.   1. The department is designated as the lead agency in the coordination and implementation of the Iowa comprehensive HIV plan.   2. The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to implement and enforce this chapter. The rules may include procedures for taking appropriate action with regard to health facilities or health care providers which violate this chapter or the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter.   3. The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A which require that if a health care provider attending a person prior to the person’s death determines that the person suffered from or was suspected of suffering from a contagious or infectious disease, the health care provider shall place with the remains written notification of the condition for the information of any person handling the body of the deceased person subsequent to the person’s death. For purposes of this subsection, “contagious or infectious disease” means hepatitis in any form, meningococcal disease, tuberculosis, and any other disease including AIDS or HIV infection, determined to be life-threatening to a person exposed to the disease as established by rules adopted by the department based upon a determination by the state epidemiologist and in accordance with guidelines of the centers for disease control and prevention of the United States department of health and human services.   4. The department shall provide consultation services to all care providers, including paramedics, ambulance personnel, physicians, nurses, hospital personnel, first responders, peace officers, and fire fighters, who provide care services to a person, and to all persons who attend dead bodies regarding standard precautions to prevent the transmission of contagious and infectious diseases.   5. The department shall coordinate efforts with local health officers to investigate sources of HIV infection and use every appropriate means to prevent the spread of HIV.   6. The department, with the approval of the state board of health, may conduct epidemiological blinded and nonblinded studies to determine the incidence and prevalence of HIV infection. Initiation of any new epidemiological studies shall be contingent upon the receipt of funding sufficient to cover all the costs associated with the studies. The informed consent, reporting, and counseling requirements of this chapter shall not apply to blinded studies.  99 Acts, ch 181, §6; 2007 Acts, ch 70, §3; 2011 Acts, ch 63, §24  Referred to in §356.48
IA Code § 141A.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 141A - ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME (AIDS)|Section 141A.3 - Duties of the department.

141A.3 Duties of the department.   1. All federal and state moneys appropriated to the department for HIV-related activities shall be utilized and distributed in a manner consistent with the guidelines established by the United States department of health and human services.   2. The department shall do all of the following:   a. Provide consultation services to agencies and organizations regarding appropriate policies for testing, education, confidentiality, and infection control.   b. Provide health information to the public regarding HIV, including information about how HIV is transmitted and how transmittal can be prevented. The department shall prepare and distribute information regarding HIV transmission and prevention.   c. Provide consultation services concerning HIV infection in the workplace.   d. Implement HIV education risk-reduction programs for specific populations at high risk for infection.   e. Provide an informational brochure for patients who provide samples for purposes of performing an HIV test which, at a minimum, shall include a summary of the patient’s rights and responsibilities under the law.   f. In cooperation with the department of education, recommend evidence-based, medically accurate HIV prevention curricula for use at the discretion of secondary and middle schools.  99 Acts, ch 181, §7; 2007 Acts, ch 70, §4; 2011 Acts, ch 63, §25