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2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 139A - COMMUNICABLE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND POISONINGS › Section 139A.5 - Isolation or quarantine signs erected.

139A.5 Isolation or quarantine signs erected.
When isolation or a quarantine is established, appropriate placards prescribed by the department shall be erected to mark the boundaries of the place of isolation or quarantine.
2000 Acts, ch 1066, §5
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 139A - COMMUNICABLE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND POISONINGS › Section 139A.6 - Communicable diseases.

139A.6 Communicable diseases.
If a person, whether or not a resident, is infected with a communicable disease dangerous to the public health, the local board shall issue orders in regard to the care of the person as necessary to protect the public health. The orders shall be executed by the designated officer as the local board directs or provides by rules.
2000 Acts, ch 1066, §6
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 139A - COMMUNICABLE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND POISONINGS › Section 139A.7 - Diseased persons moving — record forwarded.

139A.7 Diseased persons moving — record forwarded.
If a person known to be suffering from a communicable disease dangerous to the public health moves from the jurisdiction of a local board into the jurisdiction of another local board, the local board from whose jurisdiction the person moves shall notify the local board into whose jurisdiction the person is moving.
2000 Acts, ch 1066, §7
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 139A - COMMUNICABLE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND POISONINGS › Section 139A.8A - Vaccine shortage — department order — immunity.

139A.8A Vaccine shortage — department order — immunity.
1. In the event of a shortage of a vaccine, or in the event a vaccine shortage is imminent, the department may issue an order controlling, restricting, or otherwise regulating the distribution and administration of the vaccine. The order may designate groups of persons which shall receive priority in administration of the vaccine and may prohibit vaccination of persons who are not included in a priority designation. The order shall include an effective date, which may be amended or rescinded only through a written order of the department. The order shall be applicable to health care providers, hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, health care facilities, local boards of health, public health agencies, and other persons or entities that distribute or administer vaccines.
2. A health care provider, hospital, clinic, pharmacy, health care facility, local board of health, public health agency, or other person or entity that distributes or administers vaccines shall not be civilly liable in any action based on a failure or refusal to distribute or administer a vaccine to any person if the failure or refusal to distribute or administer the vaccine was consistent with a department order issued pursuant to this section.
3. The department shall adopt rules to administer this section.
2005 Acts, ch 89, §10
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 139A - COMMUNICABLE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND POISONINGS › Section 139A.8B - COVID-19 immunization.

139A.8B COVID-19 immunization.
1. Notwithstanding whether a person’s attendance is in person or virtual, immunization against COVID-19 shall not be required for a person to be enrolled in any licensed child care center, elementary or secondary school, or postsecondary school in Iowa prior to July 1, 2029.
2. For the purposes of this section:
a. “COVID-19” means the disease caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 or a virus mutating therefrom, and conditions associated with the disease caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 or a virus mutating therefrom.
b. “Postsecondary school” means a postsecondary institution under the control of the state board of regents, a community college established under chapter 260C, or an accredited private institution as defined in section 261.9.
2022 Acts, ch 1127, §1
NEW section
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 139A - COMMUNICABLE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND POISONINGS › Section 139A.9 - Forcible removal — isolation — quarantine.

139A.9 Forcible removal — isolation — quarantine.
The forcible removal and isolation or quarantine of any infected person shall be accomplished according to the rules and regulations of the local board or the rules of the state board of health.
2000 Acts, ch 1066, §9
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 139A - COMMUNICABLE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND POISONINGS › Section 139A.10 - Fees for removing.

139A.10 Fees for removing.
The officers designated shall receive reasonable compensation for their services as determined by the local board. The amount determined shall be certified and paid in the same manner as other expenses incurred under this chapter.
2000 Acts, ch 1066, §10; 2002 Acts, ch 1119, §133
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 139A - COMMUNICABLE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND POISONINGS › Section 139A.11 - Services and supplies — isolation — quarantine.

139A.11 Services and supplies — isolation — quarantine.
If the person under isolation or quarantine or the person liable for the support of the person, in the opinion of the local board, is financially unable to secure proper care, provisions, or medical attendance, the local board shall furnish supplies and services during the period of isolation or quarantine and may delegate the duty, by rules, to one of its designated officers.
2000 Acts, ch 1066, §11
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 139A - COMMUNICABLE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND POISONINGS › Section 139A.12 - County liability for care, provisions, and medical attendance.

139A.12 County liability for care, provisions, and medical attendance.
The local board shall provide proper care, provisions, and medical attendance for any person removed and isolated or quarantined in a separate house or hospital for detention and treatment, and the care, provisions, and medical attendance shall be paid for by the county in which the infected person has residence, if the patient or legal guardian is unable to pay.
2000 Acts, ch 1066, §12; 2018 Acts, ch 1137, §23
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 139A - COMMUNICABLE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND POISONINGS › Section 139A.13 - Rights of isolated or quarantined persons.

139A.13 Rights of isolated or quarantined persons.
Any person removed and isolated or quarantined in a separate house or hospital may, at the person’s own expense, employ the health care provider of the person’s choice, and may provide such supplies and commodities as the person may require.
2000 Acts, ch 1066, §13
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 139A - COMMUNICABLE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND POISONINGS › Section 139A.13A - Employment protection.

139A.13A Employment protection.
1. An employer shall not discharge an employee, or take or fail to take action regarding an employee’s promotion or proposed promotion, or take action to reduce an employee’s wages or benefits for actual time worked, due to the compliance of an employee with a quarantine or isolation order or voluntary confinement request issued by the department, a local board, or the centers for disease control and prevention of the United States department of health and human services.
2. An employee whose employer violates this section may petition the court for imposition of a cease and desist order against the person’s employer and for reinstatement to the person’s previous position of employment. This section does not create a private cause of action for relief of money damages.
2006 Acts, ch 1184, §85; 2007 Acts, ch 159, §25
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 139A - COMMUNICABLE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND POISONINGS › Section 139A.14 - Services or supplies — authorization.

139A.14 Services or supplies — authorization.
All services or supplies furnished to persons under this chapter must be authorized by the local board or an officer of the local board, and a written order designating the person employed to furnish such services or supplies, issued before the services or supplies are furnished, shall be attached to the bill when presented for audit and payment.
2000 Acts, ch 1066, §14
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 139A - COMMUNICABLE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND POISONINGS › Section 139A.15 - Filing of bills.

139A.15 Filing of bills.
All bills incurred under this chapter in establishing, maintaining, and terminating isolation and quarantine, in providing a necessary house or hospital for isolation or quarantine, and in making terminal cleanings, shall be filed with the local board. The local board at its next regular meeting or special meeting called for this purpose shall examine and audit the bills and, if found correct, approve and certify the bills to the county board of supervisors for payment.
2000 Acts, ch 1066, §15
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 139A - COMMUNICABLE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND POISONINGS › Section 139A.16 - Allowing claims.

139A.16 Allowing claims.
All bills for supplies furnished and services rendered for persons removed and isolated or quarantined in a separate house or hospital, or for persons financially unable to provide their own sustenance and care during isolation or quarantine, shall be allowed and paid for only on a basis of the local market price for such provisions, services, and supplies in the locality furnished. A bill for the terminal cleaning of premises or effects shall not be allowed, unless the infected person or those liable for the person’s support are financially unable to pay.
2000 Acts, ch 1066, §16
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 139A - COMMUNICABLE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND POISONINGS › Section 139A.17 - Approval and payment of claims.

139A.17 Approval and payment of claims.
The board of supervisors is not bound by the action of the local board in approving the bills, but shall pay the bills for a reasonable amount and within a reasonable time.
2000 Acts, ch 1066, §17
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 139A - COMMUNICABLE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND POISONINGS › Section 139A.18 - Reimbursement from county.

139A.18 Reimbursement from county.
If any person receives services or supplies under this chapter who does not have residence in the county in which the bills were incurred and paid, the amount paid shall be certified to the board of supervisors of the county in which the person claims residence or owns property, and the board of supervisors of that county shall reimburse the county from which the claim is certified, in the full amount originally paid.
2000 Acts, ch 1066, §18; 2018 Acts, ch 1137, §24; 2019 Acts, ch 59, §50
Referred to in §252.24
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 139A - COMMUNICABLE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND POISONINGS › Section 139A.20 - Exposing to communicable disease.

139A.20 Exposing to communicable disease.
A person who knowingly exposes another to a communicable disease or who knowingly subjects another to a child or other legally incapacitated person who has contracted a communicable disease, with the intent that another person contract the communicable disease, shall be liable for all resulting damages and shall be punished as provided in this chapter.
2000 Acts, ch 1066, §20
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 141A - ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME (AIDS) › Section 141A.4 - Testing and education.

141A.4 Testing and education.
1. HIV testing and education shall be offered to persons who are at risk for HIV infection including all of the following:
a. Males who have had sexual relations with other males.
b. All persons testing positive for a sexually transmitted disease.
c. All persons having a history of injecting drug abuse.
d. Male and female sex workers and those who trade sex for drugs, money, or favors.
e. Sexual partners of HIV-infected persons.
f. Persons whose sexual partners are identified in paragraphs “a” through “e”.
2. a. All pregnant women shall be tested for HIV infection as part of the routine panel of prenatal tests.
b. A pregnant woman shall be notified that HIV screening is recommended for all prenatal patients and that the pregnant woman will receive an HIV test as part of the routine panel of prenatal tests unless the pregnant woman objects to the test.
c. If a pregnant woman objects to and declines the test, the decision shall be documented in the pregnant woman’s medical record.
d. Information about HIV prevention, risk reduction, and treatment opportunities to reduce the possible transmission of HIV to a fetus shall be made available to all pregnant women.
99 Acts, ch 181, §8; 2007 Acts, ch 70, §5; 2011 Acts, ch 63, §26
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 141A - ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME (AIDS) › Section 141A.10 - Immunities.

141A.10 Immunities.
1. A person making a report in good faith pursuant to this chapter is immune from any liability, civil or criminal, which might otherwise be incurred or imposed as a result of the report.
2. A health care provider attending a person who tests positive for HIV infection has no duty to disclose to or to warn third parties of the dangers of exposure to HIV infection through contact with that person and is immune from any liability, civil or criminal, for failure to disclose to or warn third parties of the condition of that person.
99 Acts, ch 181, §14; 2011 Acts, ch 63, §31
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 141A - ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME (AIDS) › Section 141A.11 - Remedies.

141A.11 Remedies.
1. A person aggrieved by a violation of this chapter shall have a right of civil action for damages in district court.
2. A care provider who intentionally or recklessly makes an unauthorized disclosure under this chapter is subject to a civil penalty of one thousand dollars.
3. A person who violates a confidentiality requirement of section 141A.5 is guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor.
4. A civil action under this chapter is barred unless the action is commenced within two years after the cause of action accrues.
5. The attorney general may maintain a civil action to enforce this chapter.
6. This chapter does not limit the rights of the subject of an HIV-related test to recover damages or other relief under any other applicable law.
7. This chapter shall not be construed to impose civil liability or criminal sanctions for disclosure of HIV-related test results in accordance with any reporting requirement for a diagnosed case of AIDS or a related condition by the department or the centers for disease control and prevention of the United States department of health and human services.
99 Acts, ch 181, §15; 2006 Acts, ch 1010, §53
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 142 - DEAD BODIES FOR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES › Section 142.1 - Delivery of bodies.

142.1 Delivery of bodies.
The body of every person dying in a public asylum, hospital, county care facility, penitentiary, or reformatory in this state, or found dead within the state, or which is to be buried at public expense in this state, except those buried under the provisions of chapter 144C or 249, and which is suitable for scientific purposes, shall be delivered to the medical college of the state university, or some osteopathic or chiropractic college or school located in this state, which has been approved under the law regulating the practice of osteopathic medicine or chiropractic; but no such body shall be delivered to any such college or school if the deceased person expressed a desire during the person’s last illness that the person’s body should be buried or cremated, nor if such is the desire of the person’s relatives. Such bodies shall be equitably distributed among said colleges and schools according to their needs for teaching anatomy in accordance with such rules as may be adopted by the Iowa department of public health. The expense of transporting said bodies to such college or school shall be paid by the college or school receiving the same. If the deceased person has not expressed a desire during the person’s last illness that the person’s body should be buried or cremated and no person authorized to control the deceased person’s remains under section 144C.5 requests the person’s body for burial or cremation, and if a friend objects to the use of the deceased person’s body for scientific purposes, said deceased person’s body shall be forthwith delivered to such friend for burial or cremation at no expense to the state or county. Unless such friend provides for burial and burial expenses within five days, the body shall be used for scientific purposes under this chapter.
[C73, §4018; C97, §4946; S13, §4946-b; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2351; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §142.1]
2008 Acts, ch 1051, §1, 22; 2009 Acts, ch 133, §41
Referred to in §142.2, 142.3, 156.2, 252.27
Approval of medical, osteopathic, and chiropractic colleges, see §148.3, 151.4
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 142 - DEAD BODIES FOR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES › Section 142.2 - Furnished to physicians.

142.2 Furnished to physicians.
When there are more dead bodies available for use under section 142.1 than are desired by said colleges or schools, the same may be delivered to physicians in the state for scientific study under such rules as may be adopted by the Iowa department of public health.
[S13, §4946-b; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2352; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §142.2]
Referred to in §142.3, 156.2
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 142 - DEAD BODIES FOR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES › Section 142.3 - Notification of department.

142.3 Notification of department.
Every county medical examiner, funeral director or embalmer, and the managing officer of every public asylum, hospital, county care facility, penitentiary, or reformatory, as soon as any dead body shall come into the person’s custody which may be used for scientific purposes as provided in sections 142.1 and 142.2, shall at once notify the nearest relative or friend of the deceased, if known, and the Iowa department of public health, and hold such body unburied for forty-eight hours. Upon receipt of notification, the department shall issue verbal or written instructions relative to the disposition to be made of said body. Complete jurisdiction over said bodies is vested exclusively in the Iowa department of public health. No autopsy or post mortem, except as are legally ordered by county medical examiners, shall be performed on any of said bodies prior to their delivery to the medical schools.
[S13, §4946-c; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2353; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §142.3]
2013 Acts, ch 90, §28
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 142 - DEAD BODIES FOR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES › Section 142.4 - Surrender to relatives.

142.4 Surrender to relatives.
1. When any dead body which has been delivered under this chapter for scientific purposes is subsequently claimed by any relative, it shall be at once surrendered to such relative for burial without public expense; and all bodies received under this chapter shall be held for a period of thirty days before being used. Unless such person claiming the body for burial pays the costs that have been incurred in the care and transportation of the body within thirty days after claiming it, all rights thereto shall cease and the body may then be used as if no claim had been made.
2. This section shall not apply to bodies given under authority of the revised uniform anatomical gift Act as provided in chapter 142C.
[C73, §4018; C97, §4946; S13, §4946-c, -d; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2354; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §142.4]
2003 Acts, ch 108, §36; 2007 Acts, ch 44, §26; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §94
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 142 - DEAD BODIES FOR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES › Section 142.5 - Disposition after dissection.

142.5 Disposition after dissection.
The remains of every body received for scientific purposes under this chapter shall be decently buried or cremated after it has been used for said purposes, and a failure to do so shall be a simple misdemeanor.
[C73, §4019; C97, §4947; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2355; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §142.5]
Referred to in §156.2
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 142 - DEAD BODIES FOR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES › Section 142.6 - Record of receipt.

142.6 Record of receipt.
Any college, school, or physician receiving the dead body of any human being for scientific purposes shall keep a record showing:
1. The name of the person from whom, and the time and place, such body was received.
2. The description of the receptacle in which the body was received, including the shipping direction attached to the same.
3. The description of the body, including the length, weight, and sex, apparent age at time of death, color of hair and beard, if any, and all marks or scars which might be used to identify the same.
4. The condition of the body and whether mutilated so as to prevent identification.
[C97, §4948; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2356; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §142.6]
Referred to in §142.7, 142.10
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 142 - DEAD BODIES FOR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES › Section 142.7 - Record and bodies.

142.7 Record and bodies.
The record required by section 142.6 and the dead body of every human being received under this chapter shall be subject to inspection by any peace officer, or relative of the deceased.
[C97, §4948, 4949; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2357; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §142.7]
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 142 - DEAD BODIES FOR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES › Section 142.8 - Purpose for which body used.

142.8 Purpose for which body used.
1. The dead bodies delivered under this chapter shall be used only within the limits of this state for the purpose of scientific, medical, and surgical study, and no person shall remove the same beyond the limits of this state or in any manner traffic therein. Any person who shall violate this section shall be guilty of a serious misdemeanor.
2. This section shall not apply to bodies given under authority of the revised uniform anatomical gift Act as provided in chapter 142C.
[C73, §4020; C97, §4950; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2358; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §142.8]
2003 Acts, ch 108, §37; 2007 Acts, ch 44, §27; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §94
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 142 - DEAD BODIES FOR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES › Section 142.9 - Failure to deliver dead body.

142.9 Failure to deliver dead body.
Any person having the custody of the dead body of any human being which is required to be delivered for scientific purposes by this chapter, who shall fail to notify the Iowa department of public health of the existence of such body, or fail to deliver the same in accordance with the instructions of the department, shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor.
[S13, §4946-e; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2359; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §142.9]
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 142 - DEAD BODIES FOR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES › Section 142.10 - Use without proper record.

142.10 Use without proper record.
Any physician or member of the instructional staff of any college or school who uses, or permits others under the physician’s or member’s charge to use the dead body of a human being for the purpose of medical or surgical study without the record required in section 142.6 having been made, or who shall refuse to allow any peace officer or relative of the deceased to inspect said record or body, shall be guilty of a serious misdemeanor.
[C97, §4949; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2360; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §142.10]
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 142 - DEAD BODIES FOR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES › Section 142.11 - Penalties.

142.11 Penalties.
Any person who shall receive or deliver any dead body of a human being knowing that any of the provisions of this chapter have been violated, shall be guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor.
[S13, §4946-e; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2361; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §142.11]
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 142 - DEAD BODIES FOR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES › Section 142.13 - Burial in private cemetery lot.

142.13 Burial in private cemetery lot.
In the event that a deceased person, whose body has been used for scientific purposes as provided in this chapter, owns or has the right of burial in a private or family cemetery lot in the state of Iowa, that deceased person’s body shall be buried in that lot.
[C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §142.13]
2021 Acts, ch 80, §71
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 142A - TOBACCO USE PREVENTION AND CONTROL › Section 142A.1 - Tobacco use prevention and control partnership — purpose and intent.

142A.1 Tobacco use prevention and control partnership — purpose and intent.
1. The purpose of this chapter is to establish a comprehensive partnership among the general assembly, the executive branch, communities, and the people of Iowa in addressing the prevalence of tobacco use in the state.
2. It is the intent of the general assembly that the comprehensive tobacco use prevention and control initiative established in this chapter will specifically address reduction of tobacco use by youth and pregnant women and enhancement of the capacity of youth to make healthy choices. The initiative shall allow extensive involvement of youth in attaining these results.
3. It is also the intent of the general assembly that the comprehensive tobacco use prevention and control initiative will foster a social and legal climate in which tobacco use becomes undesirable and unacceptable, in which role models and those who influence youth promote healthy social norms and demonstrate behavior that counteracts the glamorization of tobacco use, and in which tobacco becomes less accessible to youth. The intent of the general assembly shall be accomplished by engaging all who are affected by the use of tobacco in the state, including smokers and nonsmokers, youth, and adults.
2000 Acts, ch 1192, §1, 17; 2011 Acts, ch 63, §1
Referred to in §142A.4, 142A.6