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IA Code § 135.15 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 135 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH|Section 135.15 - Oral and health delivery system bureau established — responsibilities.

135.15 Oral and health delivery system bureau established — responsibilities.   An oral and health delivery system bureau is established within the division of health promotion and chronic disease prevention of the department. The bureau shall be responsible for all of the following:   1. Providing population-based oral health services, including public health training, improvement of dental support systems for families, technical assistance, awareness-building activities, and educational services, at the state and local level to assist Iowans in maintaining optimal oral health throughout all stages of life.   2. Performing infrastructure building and enabling services through the administration of state and federal grant programs targeting access improvement, prevention, and local oral health programs utilizing maternal and child health programs, Medicaid, and other new or existing programs.   3. Leveraging federal, state, and local resources for programs under the purview of the bureau.   4. Facilitating ongoing strategic planning and application of evidence-based research in oral health care policy development that improves oral health care access and the overall oral health of all Iowans.   5. Developing and implementing an ongoing oral health surveillance system for the evaluation and monitoring of the oral health status of children and other underserved populations.   6. Facilitating the provision of oral health services through dental homes. For the purposes of this section, “dental home” means a network of individualized care based on risk assessment, which includes oral health education, dental screenings, preventive services, diagnostic services, treatment services, and emergency services.  2007 Acts, ch 159, §14; 2017 Acts, ch 148, §4; 2018 Acts, ch 1165, §110
IA Code § 135.16 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 135 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH|Section 135.16 - Special women, infants, and children supplemental food program — methamphetamine education.

135.16 Special women, infants, and children supplemental food program — methamphetamine education.   As a component of the federal funding received by the department as the administering agency for the special women, infants, and children supplemental food program, from the United States department of agriculture, food and consumer service, the department shall incorporate a methamphetamine education program into its nutrition and health-related education services. The department shall be responsible for the development of the education program to be delivered, and for the selection of qualified contract agencies to deliver the instruction under the program.  99 Acts, ch 195, §8
IA Code § 135.16A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 135 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH|Section 135.16A - Vendors participating in federal food program — egg sales.

135.16A Vendors participating in federal food program — egg sales.   1. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:   a. “Conventional eggs” means eggs other than specialty eggs.   b. “Eggs” means shell eggs that are graded as “AA”, “A”, or “B” pursuant to  7 C.F.R. pt. 56, subpt. A  , and that are sold at retail in commercial markets.   c. “Federal food program” means the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children as provided in 42 U.S.C. §1786, et seq.   d. “Grocery store” means a food establishment as defined in section 137F.1 licensed by the department of inspections and appeals pursuant to section 137F.4, to sell food or food products to customers intended for preparation or consumption off premises.   e. “Specialty eggs” means eggs produced by domesticated chickens, and sold at retail in commercial markets if the chickens producing such eggs are advertised as being housed in any of the following environments:   (1) Cage-free.   (2) Free-range.   (3) Enriched colony cage.   2. a. The department of inspections and appeals shall assist the Iowa department of public health in adopting rules necessary to implement and administer this section.   b. If necessary to implement, administer, and enforce this section, the Iowa department of public health, in cooperation with the department of agriculture and land stewardship, shall submit a request to the United States department of agriculture for a waiver or other exception from regulations as deemed feasible by the Iowa department of public health. The Iowa department of public health shall regularly report the status of such request to the legislative services agency.   3. A grocery store that is a vendor participating in a federal food program and offering specialty eggs for retail sale shall maintain an inventory of conventional eggs for retail sale sufficient to meet federal and state requirements for participation in the federal food program.   4. This section does not require a grocery store to do any of the following:   a. Stock or sell specialty eggs.   b. Stock or sell eggs, if the grocery store elects not to stock or sell conventional eggs for retail sale as part of its normal business.   c. Comply with the provisions of this section, if the grocery store’s inventory of eggs for retail sale was limited to specialty eggs prior to January 1, 2018.   5. A violation of subsection 3 by a grocery store shall not be construed to disqualify a grocery store from participating in a federal food program unless otherwise authorized by the United States department of agriculture.  2018 Acts, ch 1025, §1; 2018 Acts, ch 1172, §19
IA Code § 135.17 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 135 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH|Section 135.17 - Dental screening of children.

135.17 Dental screening of children.   1. a. Except as provided in paragraphs “c” and “d”, the parent or guardian of a child enrolled in elementary school shall provide evidence to the school district or accredited nonpublic elementary school in which the child is enrolled of the child having, no earlier than three years of age but no later than four months after enrollment, at a minimum, a dental screening performed by a licensed physician, a licensed nurse, a licensed physician assistant, or a licensed dental hygienist or dentist. Except as provided in paragraphs “c” and “d”, the parent or guardian of a child enrolled in high school shall provide evidence to the school district or accredited nonpublic high school in which the child is enrolled of the child having, at a minimum, a dental screening performed no earlier than one year prior to enrollment and not later than four months after enrollment by a licensed dental hygienist or dentist. A school district or accredited nonpublic school shall provide access to a process to complete the screenings described in this paragraph as appropriate.   b. A person authorized to perform a dental screening required by this section shall record that the screening was completed, and such additional information required by the department, on uniform forms developed by the department in cooperation with the department of education. The form shall include a space for the person to summarize any condition that may indicate a need for special services.   c. The department shall specify the procedures that constitute a dental screening and authorize a waiver signed by a licensed physician, nurse, physician assistant, dental hygienist, or dentist for a person who is unduly burdened by the screening requirement.   d. The dental screening requirement shall not apply to a person who submits an affidavit signed by the person or, if the person is a minor, the person’s parent or legal guardian, stating that the dental screening conflicts with a genuine and sincere religious belief.   2. Each public and nonpublic school shall, in collaboration with the department, do the following:   a. Ensure that the parent or guardian of a student enrolled in the school has complied with the requirements of subsection 1.   b. Provide, if a student has not had a dental screening performed in accordance with subsection 1, the parent or guardian of the student with community dental screening referral resources, including contact information for the i-smile coordinator, department, or dental society.   3. By May 31 annually, each local board shall furnish the department with evidence that each student enrolled in any public or nonpublic school within the local board’s jurisdiction has met the dental screening requirement in this section.   4. The department shall adopt rules to administer this section.  2007 Acts, ch 146, §1, 2; 2008 Acts, ch 1020, §1 – 3; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §39; 2009 Acts, ch 133, §31; 2010 Acts, ch 1088, §2, 3  Dental clinics, see §280.7
IA Code § 135.18 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 135 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH|Section 135.18 - Conflicting statutes.

135.18 Conflicting statutes.   Provisions of this chapter in conflict with the state building code, as adopted pursuant to section 103A.7, shall not apply where the state building code has been adopted or when the state building code applies throughout the state.  [C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §135.18]  2004 Acts, ch 1086, §33
IA Code § 135.19 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 135 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH|Section 135.19 - Viral hepatitis program — awareness, vaccinations, and testing.

135.19 Viral hepatitis program — awareness, vaccinations, and testing.   1. If sufficient funds are appropriated by the general assembly, the department shall establish and administer a viral hepatitis program. The goal of the program shall be to distribute information to citizens of this state who are at an increased risk for exposure to viral hepatitis regarding the higher incidence of hepatitis C exposure and infection among these populations, the dangers presented by the disease, and contacts for additional information and referrals. The program shall also make available hepatitis A and hepatitis B vaccinations, and hepatitis C testing.   2. The department shall establish by rule a list of individuals by category who are at increased risk for viral hepatitis exposure. The list shall be consistent with recommendations developed by the centers for disease control, and shall be developed in consultation with the Iowa viral hepatitis task force and the Iowa department of veterans affairs. The department shall also establish by rule what information is to be distributed and the form and manner of distribution. The rules shall also establish a vaccination and testing program, to be coordinated by the department through local health departments and clinics and other appropriate locations.  2006 Acts, ch 1045, §1; 2009 Acts, ch 182, §88
IA Code § 135.20 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 135 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH|Section 135.20 - Hepatitis C awareness program — veterans — vaccinations.

135.20 Hepatitis C awareness program — veterans — vaccinations. Repealed by  2009 Acts, ch 182, §89  .
IA Code § 135.21 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 135 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH|Section 135.21 - Pay toilets.

135.21 Pay toilets.   No person shall make a charge or require any special device, key or slug for the use of a toilet located in a room provided for use of the public. Violation of this section is a simple misdemeanor.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2839; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §170.34; C77, §732.25; C79, 81, §135.21]
IA Code § 135.22 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 135 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH|Section 135.22 - Central registry for brain or spinal cord injuries.

135.22 Central registry for brain or spinal cord injuries.   1. As used in this section:   a. “Brain injury” means clinically evident damage to the brain resulting directly or indirectly from trauma, infection, anoxia, vascular lesions, or tumor of the brain, not primarily related to a degenerative disease or aging process, which temporarily or permanently impairs a person’s physical, cognitive, or behavioral functions, and is diagnosed by a physician. The diagnoses of clinically evident damage to the brain used for a diagnosis of brain injury shall be the same as specified by rule for eligibility for the home and community-based services waiver for persons with brain injury under the medical assistance program.   b. “Spinal cord injury” means the occurrence of an acute traumatic lesion of neural elements in the spinal cord including the spinal cord and cauda equina, resulting in temporary or permanent sensory deficit, motor deficit, or bladder or bowel dysfunction.   2. The director shall establish and maintain a central registry of persons with brain or spinal cord injuries in order to facilitate prevention strategies and the provision of appropriate rehabilitative services to the persons by the department and other state agencies. Hospitals shall report patients who are admitted with a brain or spinal cord injury and their diagnoses to the director no later than forty-five days after the close of a quarter in which the patient was discharged. The report shall contain the name, age, and residence of the person, the date, type, and cause of the brain or spinal cord injury, and additional information as the director requires, except that where available, hospitals shall report the Glasgow coma scale. The director shall consult with health care providers concerning the availability of additional relevant information. The department shall maintain the confidentiality of all information which would identify any person named in a report. However, the identifying information may be released for bona fide research purposes if the confidentiality of the identifying information is maintained by the researchers, or the identifying information may be released by the person with the brain or spinal cord injury or by the person’s guardian or, if the person is a minor, by the person’s parent or guardian.  89 Acts, ch 320, §10; 92 Acts, ch 1237, §6; 94 Acts, ch 1068, §3; 99 Acts, ch 141, §3; 2012 Acts, ch 1120, §66  Referred to in §135.22A, 225C.23, 335.25, 414.22
IA Code § 135.24A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 135 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH|Section 135.24A - Free clinics — volunteer record check.

135.24A Free clinics — volunteer record check.   1. For purposes of this section, “free clinic” means a free clinic as defined in section 135.24 that is also a network of free clinics in this state that offers operational and collaborative opportunities to free clinics.   2. Persons who are potential volunteers or volunteers in a free clinic in a position having direct individual contact with patients of the free clinic shall be subject to criminal history and child and dependent adult abuse record checks in accordance with this section. The free clinic shall request that the department of public safety perform the criminal history check and the department of human services perform child and dependent adult abuse record checks of the person in this state and may request these checks in other states.   3. A free clinic subject to this section shall establish an evaluation process to determine whether a crime of founded child or dependent adult abuse warrants prohibition of the person’s participation as a volunteer in the free clinic. The evaluation process shall not be less stringent than the evaluation process performed by the department of human services and shall be approved by the department of human services.  2018 Acts, ch 1104, §1, 5  Referred to in §235A.15, 235B.6
IA Code § 135.25 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 135 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH|Section 135.25 - Emergency medical services fund.

135.25 Emergency medical services fund.   An emergency medical services fund is created in the state treasury under the control of the department. The fund includes, but is not limited to, amounts appropriated by the general assembly, amounts transferred pursuant to section 602.8108, subsection 4, and other moneys available from federal or private sources which are to be used for purposes of this section. Funds remaining in the fund at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund of the state but shall remain in the emergency medical services fund, notwithstanding section 8.33. The fund is established to assist counties by matching, on a dollar-for-dollar basis, moneys spent by a county for the acquisition of equipment for the provision of emergency medical services and by providing grants to counties for education and training in the delivery of emergency medical services, as provided in this section and section 422D.6. A county seeking matching funds under this section shall apply to the emergency medical services division of the department. The department shall adopt rules concerning the application and awarding process for the matching funds and the criteria for the allocation of moneys in the fund if the moneys are insufficient to meet the emergency medical services needs of the counties. Moneys allocated by the department to a county for emergency medical services purposes may be used for equipment or training and education as determined by the board of supervisors pursuant to section 422D.6.  93 Acts, ch 58, §1; 2000 Acts, ch 1043, §1; 2020 Acts, ch 1074, §49, 93  Referred to in §144.45A, 147A.6, 147A.23, 321.34, 602.8108  2020 amendment effective July 15, 2020; 2020 Acts, ch 1074, §93  Section amended
IA Code § 135.26 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 135 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH|Section 135.26 - Automated external defibrillator grant program.

135.26 Automated external defibrillator grant program. Repealed by 2017 Acts, ch 148, §24.
IA Code § 135.27 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 135 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH|Section 135.27 - Iowa healthy communities initiative — grant program.

135.27 Iowa healthy communities initiative — grant program.   1. Program goals. The department shall establish a grant program to energize local communities to transform the existing culture into a culture that promotes healthy lifestyles and leads collectively, community by community, to a healthier state. The grant program shall expand an existing healthy communities initiative to assist local boards of health, in collaboration with existing community resources, to build community capacity in addressing the prevention of chronic disease that results from risk factors including overweight and obesity conditions.   2. Distribution of grants. The department shall distribute the grants on a competitive basis and shall support the grantee communities in planning and developing wellness strategies and establishing methodologies to sustain the strategies. Grant criteria shall be consistent with the existing statewide initiative between the department and the department’s partners that promotes increased opportunities for physical activity and healthy eating for Iowans of all ages, or its successor, and the statewide comprehensive plan developed by the existing statewide initiative to increase physical activity, improve nutrition, and promote healthy behaviors. Grantees shall demonstrate an ability to maximize local, state, and federal resources effectively and efficiently.   3. Departmental support. The department shall provide support to grantees including capacity-building strategies, technical assistance, consultation, and ongoing evaluation.   4. Eligibility. Local boards of health representing a coalition of health care providers and community and private organizations are eligible to submit applications.  2006 Acts, ch 1006, §1, 2; 2008 Acts, ch 1188, §60
IA Code § 135.27A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 135 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH|Section 135.27A - Governor’s council on physical fitness and nutrition.

135.27A Governor’s council on physical fitness and nutrition. Repealed by 2011 Acts, ch 129, §94, 156.
IA Code § 135.28 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 135 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH|Section 135.28 - State substitute medical decision-making board.

135.28 State substitute medical decision-making board. Repealed by 2010 Acts, ch 1031, §399.
IA Code § 135.29 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 135 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH|Section 135.29 - Local substitute medical decision-making board.

135.29 Local substitute medical decision-making board. Repealed by 2017 Acts, ch 148, §24.
IA Code § 135.30 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 135 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH|Section 135.30 - Protective eyeglasses — safety provisions.

135.30 Protective eyeglasses — safety provisions. Repealed by  2009 Acts, ch 56, §12  .
IA Code § 135.30A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 135 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH|Section 135.30A - Breast-feeding in public places.

135.30A Breast-feeding in public places.   Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a woman may breast-feed the woman’s own child in any public place where the woman’s presence is otherwise authorized.  2000 Acts, ch 1140, §21
IA Code § 135.31 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 135 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH|Section 135.31 - Location of boards — rulemaking.

135.31 Location of boards — rulemaking.   The offices for the board of medicine, the board of pharmacy, the board of nursing, and the dental board shall be located within the department of public health. The individual boards shall have policymaking and rulemaking authority.  86 Acts, ch 1245, §1107; 2005 Acts, ch 3, §30; 2007 Acts, ch 10, §21; 2007 Acts, ch 218, §194
IA Code § 135.32 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 135 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH|Section 135.32 - Publication and distribution.

135.32 Publication and distribution. Repealed by 2012 Acts, ch 1113, §19.
IA Code § 135.33 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 135 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH|Section 135.33 - Refusal of board to enforce rules.

135.33 Refusal of board to enforce rules.   If any local board shall fail to enforce the rules of the state department or carry out its lawful directions, the department may enforce the same within the territorial jurisdiction of such local board, and for that purpose it may exercise all of the powers given by statute to the local board, and may employ the necessary assistants to carry out its lawful directions.  [C97, §2572; S13, §2569-a, 2572; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2212; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §135.33]  Powers of local board, chapter 137
IA Code § 135.34 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 135 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH|Section 135.34 - Expenses for enforcing rules.

135.34 Expenses for enforcing rules.   All expenses incurred by the state department in determining whether its rules are enforced by a local board, and in enforcing the same when a local board has failed to do so, shall be paid in the same manner as the expenses of enforcing such rules when enforced by the local board.  [S13, §2572; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2213; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §135.34]
IA Code § 135.35 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 135 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH|Section 135.35 - Duty of peace officers.

135.35 Duty of peace officers.   All peace officers of the state when called upon by the department shall enforce its rules and execute the lawful orders of the department within their respective jurisdictions.  [C97, §2572; S13, §2572; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2214; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §135.35]
IA Code § 135.36 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 135 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH|Section 135.36 - Interference with health officer — penalties.

135.36 Interference with health officer — penalties.   Any person resisting or interfering with the department, its employees, or authorized agents, in the discharge of any duty imposed by law shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2215; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §135.36]