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2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 142A - TOBACCO USE PREVENTION AND CONTROL › Section 142A.2 - Definitions.

142A.2 Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Administrator” means the administrator of the division of tobacco use prevention and control.
2. “Commission” means the commission on tobacco use prevention and control established in this chapter.
3. “Community partnership” means a public agency or nonprofit organization implementing the tobacco use prevention and control initiative in a local area in accordance with this chapter.
4. “Department” means the Iowa department of public health.
5. “Director” means the director of public health.
6. “Division” means the division of tobacco use prevention and control of the Iowa department of public health, established pursuant to this chapter.
7. “Initiative” means the comprehensive tobacco use prevention and control initiative established in this chapter.
8. “Manufacturer” means manufacturer as defined in section 453A.1.
9. “Pregnant woman” means a female of any age who is pregnant.
10. “School-age youth” means a person attending school in kindergarten through grade twelve.
11. “Tobacco” means both cigarettes and tobacco products as defined in section 453A.1.
12. “Youth” means a person who is five through twenty-four years of age.
2000 Acts, ch 1192, §2, 17; 2011 Acts, ch 63, §2
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 142A - TOBACCO USE PREVENTION AND CONTROL › Section 142A.5 - Director and administrator duties.

142A.5 Director and administrator duties.
1. The director shall do all of the following:
a. Establish and maintain the division of tobacco use prevention and control.
b. Employ a separate division administrator, in accordance with the requirements of section 142A.4, subsection 14, in a full-time equivalent position whose sole responsibility and duty shall be the administration and oversight of the division. The division administrator shall report to and shall serve at the pleasure of the director. The administrator shall be exempt from the merit system provisions of chapter 8A, subchapter IV.
c. Coordinate all tobacco use prevention and control programs and activities under the purview of the department.
d. Receive and review budget recommendations from the commission. The director shall consider these recommendations in developing the budget request for the department.
2. The administrator shall do all of the following:
a. Implement the initiative, coordinate the activities of the commission and the initiative, and coordinate other tobacco use prevention and control activities as assigned by the director.
b. Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of performance measures.
c. Provide staff and administrative support to the commission.
d. Administer contracts entered into under this chapter.
e. Coordinate and cooperate with other tobacco use prevention and control programs within and outside of the state.
f. Provide necessary information to the commission to assist the commission in making its annual report to the joint appropriations subcommittee pursuant to section 142A.4, subsection 13, and in fulfilling other commission duties pursuant to section 142A.4.
2000 Acts, ch 1192, §5, 17; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §190; 2004 Acts, ch 1176, §8, 9; 2011 Acts, ch 63, §6, 7
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 142A - TOBACCO USE PREVENTION AND CONTROL › Section 142A.7 - Initiative components.

142A.7 Initiative components.
1. The initiative shall include but is not limited to all of the following:
a. Youth programs, designed to achieve the initiative’s desired results, that are directed by youth participants for youth.
b. A media, marketing, and communications program to achieve the initiative’s desired results. Advertising shall not include the name, voice, or likeness of any elected or appointed public official or of any candidate for elective office.
c. Independent evaluation of each component of the statewide initiative.
d. Ongoing statewide assessment of data, review of indicators used in assessing the effectiveness of the initiative, and evaluation of the initiative, its programs, and its marketing strategy. The initial baseline used to measure the effectiveness of the initiative shall be developed using existing, available indicators. Following development of the initial baseline, indicators of the effectiveness of the initiative shall be reviewed on at least an annual basis to ensure that the indicators used most accurately provide for measurement of such effectiveness. Primary emphasis in data assessment shall be on data relating to tobacco usage and may include data demonstrating the prevalence of tobacco use among youth and pregnant women, and the prevalence of the use of alcohol and other substances among youth. Sources of data considered shall include but are not limited to the centers for disease control and prevention of the United States department of health and human services and the Iowa youth tobacco survey, and may include the Iowa youth risk survey conducted by the department or the youth risk behavior survey.
e. A tobacco use prevention and control education program.
2. Administrative costs associated with each program of the initiative and program provider shall be established at a reasonable level consistent with effective management practices.
3. Requests for information or for proposals shall emphasize that performance measures are required for any contract or allocation of funding under the initiative.
2000 Acts, ch 1192, §7, 17; 2011 Acts, ch 63, §10
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 142A - TOBACCO USE PREVENTION AND CONTROL › Section 142A.8 - Community partnerships.

142A.8 Community partnerships.
1. A community partnership is a public agency or nonprofit organization operating in a local area under contract with the department to implement the initiative in that local area utilizing broad community involvement. The community partnership or its designee shall act as the fiscal agent for moneys administered by the community partnership.
2. A community partnership area shall encompass a county or multicounty area, school district or multischool district area, economic development enterprise zone that meets the requirements of an urban or rural enterprise community under Tit. XIII of the federal Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, or early childhood Iowa area, in accordance with criteria adopted by the commission for appropriate population levels and size of geographic areas.
3. The commission shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A providing procedures for the initial designation of community partnership areas and for subsequent changes to the initially designated areas.
4. The requirements for contracts entered into by a community partnership and the department shall include but are not limited to all of the following:
a. Administrative functions.
b. Fiscal provisions.
c. Community and youth involvement in program and administrative decisions.
d. Evaluation of the program.
2000 Acts, ch 1192, §8, 17; 2010 Acts, ch 1031, §294; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §180; 2011 Acts, ch 63, §11
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 142A - TOBACCO USE PREVENTION AND CONTROL › Section 142A.9 - Youth program.

142A.9 Youth program.
1. A youth program component shall be implemented in each community partnership area to achieve the purposes of the initiative.
2. The youth program shall include but is not limited to all of the following:
a. A structure for program participants to interact with other participating youth within the community partnership area and in other areas of the state.
b. A structure for formal youth involvement in youth program governance at the community partnership area level and in a statewide youth summit or summits consisting of participation by representatives of the community partnership area level.
c. A structure for participation in a statewide executive body consisting of participants selected by the delegates to the statewide youth summit of the youth program.
d. Youth activities that are character-based and focused on rewarding appropriate values, behavior, and healthy choices by participants.
3. To the greatest extent possible, the youth program shall be directed by youth for youth participants. State and local administrators associated with the initiative shall consult with and utilize the youth program participants in the media, marketing, and communications program; education efforts; and other aspects of the initiative including evaluation and collaboration.
2000 Acts, ch 1192, §9, 17; 2011 Acts, ch 63, §12
Referred to in §142A.4
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 142A - TOBACCO USE PREVENTION AND CONTROL › Section 142A.10 - Funding of programs delivered through community partnerships.

142A.10 Funding of programs delivered through community partnerships.
1. The commission shall develop and implement a statewide system for the initiative programs that are delivered through community partnerships.
2. The system shall provide for equitable allocation of funding for initiative programs among the state’s community partnership areas, based upon school-age population and other criteria established by the commission.
3. The specific programs, distribution provisions, and other provisions approved by the commission for expenditure of the maximum allocation amount established for a community partnership area shall be outlined in the written contract with the community partnership.
4. Any allocation received by a community partnership shall be matched with local funding, in-kind services, office support, or other tangible support or offset of costs.
2000 Acts, ch 1192, §10, 17
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 142A - TOBACCO USE PREVENTION AND CONTROL › Section 142A.11 - Application for services — minors.

142A.11 Application for services — minors.
A minor who is twelve years of age or older shall have the legal capacity to act and give consent to the provision of tobacco cessation coaching services pursuant to a tobacco cessation telephone and internet-based program approved by the department. 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.
2013 Acts, ch 81, §5
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 142C - REVISED UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT › Section 142C.5A - Search and notification.

142C.5A Search and notification.
1. The following persons shall make a reasonable search of an individual who the person reasonably believes is dead or near death for a document of gift or other information identifying the individual as a donor or as an individual who made a refusal:
a. A law enforcement officer, fire fighter, paramedic, or other emergency rescuer finding the individual.
b. If no other source of the information is immediately available, a hospital, as soon as practical after the individual’s arrival at the hospital.
2. If a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift is located by the search required by subsection 1, paragraph “a”, and the individual or deceased individual to whom it relates is taken to a hospital, the person responsible for conducting the search shall deliver the document of gift or refusal to the hospital.
3. A person is not subject to criminal or civil liability for failing to discharge the duties imposed by this section but may be subject to administrative sanctions.
2007 Acts, ch 44, §7
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 142C - REVISED UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT › Section 142C.6 - Delivery of document of gift not required — right to examine.

142C.6 Delivery of document of gift not required — right to examine.
1. A document of gift does not require delivery during the donor’s lifetime to be effective.
2. Upon or after an individual’s death, a person in possession of the document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift with respect to the individual shall allow examination and copying of the document of gift or the refusal by a person authorized to make or object to the making of an anatomical gift with respect to the individual or by a person to whom the gift could pass under section 142C.5.
95 Acts, ch 39, §6; 2002 Acts, ch 1064, §6; 2003 Acts, ch 108, §38; 2007 Acts, ch 44, §8
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 142C - REVISED UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT › Section 142C.7 - Confidential information.

142C.7 Confidential information.
A hospital, licensed or certified health care professional pursuant to chapter 148, 148C, or 152, or medical examiner shall release patient information to a procurement organization as part of a referral or retrospective review of the patient as a potential donor, unless such disclosure would jeopardize an investigation or pose a clear and present danger to the public safety or the safety of an individual. Any information regarding a patient, including the patient’s identity, however, constitutes confidential medical information and under any other circumstances is prohibited from disclosure without the written consent of the patient or the patient’s legal representative.
95 Acts, ch 39, §7; 96 Acts, ch 1048, §2; 2002 Acts, ch 1064, §7; 2007 Acts, ch 44, §9; 2008 Acts, ch 1088, §93; 2015 Acts, ch 60, §2
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 142C - REVISED UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT › Section 142C.9 - Coordination of procurement and use.

142C.9 Coordination of procurement and use.
Each hospital in the state shall enter into agreements or affiliations with procurement organizations for coordination of procurement and use of anatomical gifts.
95 Acts, ch 39, §9; 2007 Acts, ch 44, §11
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 142C - REVISED UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT › Section 142C.10 - Sale or purchase of parts prohibited — penalty.

142C.10 Sale or purchase of parts prohibited — penalty.
1. A person shall not knowingly, for valuable consideration, purchase or sell a part for transplantation or therapy if removal of the part is intended to occur after the death of the decedent.
2. Valuable consideration does not include reasonable payment for the removal, processing, preservation, quality control, storage, transportation, implantation, or disposal of a part.
3. A person who violates this section commits a class “C” felony.
95 Acts, ch 39, §10; 2007 Acts, ch 44, §12
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 142C - REVISED UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT › Section 142C.10A - Other prohibited acts — penalty.

142C.10A Other prohibited acts — penalty.
A person who, in order to obtain a financial gain, intentionally falsifies, forges, conceals, defaces, or obliterates a document of gift, an amendment or revocation of a document of gift, or a refusal, commits a class “C” felony.
2007 Acts, ch 44, §13
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 142C - REVISED UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT › Section 142C.11 - Immunity.

142C.11 Immunity.
1. A person who complies with this chapter in good faith or with the applicable anatomical gift law of another state, or who attempts in good faith to comply, is immune from liability in any civil action, criminal prosecution, or administrative proceeding.
2. An individual who makes an anatomical gift pursuant to this chapter and the individual’s estate are not liable for any injury or damages that may result from the making or the use of the anatomical gift, if the gift is made in good faith.
3. In determining whether an anatomical gift has been made, amended, or revoked under this chapter, a person may rely upon representations of an individual listed in section 142C.4, subsection 1, paragraph “b”, “c”, “d”, “e”, “f”, “g”, or “h”, relating to the individual’s relationship to the donor or prospective donor unless the person knows that the representation is untrue.
95 Acts, ch 39, §11; 2002 Acts, ch 1064, §8; 2007 Acts, ch 44, §14
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 142C - REVISED UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT › Section 142C.12 - Service but not a sale.

142C.12 Service but not a sale.
The procurement, removal, preservation, processing, storage, distribution, or use of parts for the purpose of injecting, transfusing, or transplanting any of the parts into the human body is, for all purposes, the rendition of a service by every person participating in the act, and whether or not any remuneration is paid, is not a sale of the part for any purposes. However, any person that renders such service warrants only under this section that due care has been exercised and that acceptable professional standards of care in providing such service according to the state of the medical arts have been followed. Strict liability, in tort, shall not be applicable to the rendition of such services.
95 Acts, ch 39, §12
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 142C - REVISED UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT › Section 142C.12A - Law governing validity, choice of law, presumption of validity.

142C.12A Law governing validity, choice of law, presumption of validity.
1. A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with any of the following:
a. This chapter.
b. The laws of the state or country where the document of gift was executed.
c. The laws of the state or country where the person making the anatomical gift was domiciled, has a place of residence, or was a national at the time the document of gift was executed.
2. If a document of gift is valid under this section, the law of this state governs the interpretation of the document of gift.
3. A person may presume that a document of gift or amendment of an anatomical gift is valid unless that person knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked.
2007 Acts, ch 44, §15
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 142C - REVISED UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT › Section 142C.12B - Effect of anatomical gift on advance health care directive.

142C.12B Effect of anatomical gift on advance health care directive.
1. As used in this section:
a. “Advance health care directive” means a durable power of attorney for health care pursuant to chapter 144B or a record signed or authorized by a prospective donor containing the prospective donor’s direction concerning a health care decision for the prospective donor.
b. “Declaration” means a record signed by a prospective donor specifying the circumstances under which a life support system may be withheld or withdrawn from the prospective donor.
c. “Health care decision” means any decision regarding the health care of the prospective donor.
2. a. If a prospective donor has a declaration or advance health care directive and the terms of the declaration or directive and the express or implied terms of a potential anatomical gift are in conflict with regard to the administration of measures necessary to ensure the medical suitability of a part for transplantation or therapy, the prospective donor’s attending physician and prospective donor shall confer to resolve the conflict.
b. If the prospective donor is incapable of resolving the conflict, an agent acting under the prospective donor’s declaration or directive or, if no agent exists or the agent is not reasonably available, another person, authorized by law other than this chapter to make health care decisions on behalf of the prospective donor, shall act for the donor to resolve the conflict. The agent or other person shall resolve the conflict consistent with the desires of the donor as expressed in a declaration executed in accordance with chapter 144A, or a durable power of attorney for health care executed in accordance with chapter 144B, or as otherwise known, or if not known, consistent with the donor’s best interest.
c. The conflict shall be resolved as expeditiously as possible.
d. Information relevant to the resolution of the conflict may be obtained from the appropriate procurement organization and any other person authorized to make an anatomical gift for the prospective donor under section 142C.4. Prior to resolution of the conflict, measures necessary to ensure the medical suitability of the part shall not be withheld or withdrawn from the prospective donor if withholding or withdrawing the measures is not contraindicated by appropriate end-of-life care.
2007 Acts, ch 44, §16
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 142C - REVISED UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT › Section 142C.13 - Transitional provisions.

142C.13 Transitional provisions.
This chapter applies to an anatomical gift, or amendment to, revocation of, or refusal to make an anatomical gift, whenever made.
95 Acts, ch 39, §13; 95 Acts, ch 209, §20; 2007 Acts, ch 44, §17
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 142C - REVISED UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT › Section 142C.14 - Uniformity of application and construction.

142C.14 Uniformity of application and construction.
This chapter shall be applied and construed with consideration given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to anatomical gifts among states which enact this law.
95 Acts, ch 39, §14; 2007 Acts, ch 44, §18
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 142C - REVISED UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT › Section 142C.14A - Electronic signatures.

142C.14A Electronic signatures.
This chapter modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. §7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit, or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in §103(b) of that Act, 15 U.S.C. §7003(b).
2007 Acts, ch 44, §19
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 142C - REVISED UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT › Section 142C.17 - Annual donation and compliance report.

142C.17 Annual donation and compliance report.
The Iowa department of public health, in conjunction with any statewide organ procurement organization in Iowa, shall prepare and submit a report to the general assembly on or before January 1 each year regarding organ donation rates and voluntary compliance efforts with hospital organ and tissue donation protocols by physicians, hospitals, and other health systems organizations. The report shall contain the following:
1. An evaluation of organ procurement efforts in the state, including statistics regarding organ and tissue donation activity as of September 30 of the preceding year.
2. Efforts by any statewide organ procurement organization in Iowa, and related parties, to increase organ and tissue donation and consent rates.
3. Voluntary compliance efforts with hospital organ and tissue donation protocols by physicians, hospitals, and health systems organizations and the results of those efforts.
4. Annual contribution levels to the anatomical gift public awareness and transplantation fund created in section 142C.15, and any distributions made from the fund.
5. Efforts and ideas for increasing public awareness of the option of organ and tissue donation.
6. Additional information deemed relevant by the department in assessing the status and progress of organ and tissue donation efforts in the state.
98 Acts, ch 1015, §2
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 142C - REVISED UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT › Section 142C.18 - Iowa donor registry.

142C.18 Iowa donor registry.
1. The director of public health shall contract with and recognize the Iowa donor registry for the purpose of indicating on the donor registry all relevant information regarding a donor’s making or amending of an anatomical gift.
2. The state department of transportation shall cooperate with a person that administers the Iowa donor registry for the purpose of transferring to the donor registry all relevant information regarding a donor’s making of an anatomical gift.
3. The department of natural resources shall cooperate with a person that administers the Iowa donor registry for the purpose of transferring to the donor registry all relevant information regarding a donor’s making of an anatomical gift.
4. The Iowa donor registry shall do all of the following:
a. Allow a donor or other person authorized under section 142C.3 to include on the donor registry a statement or symbol that the donor has made or amended an anatomical gift.
b. Be accessible to a procurement organization to allow the procurement organization to obtain relevant information on the donor registry to determine, at or near the death of the donor or a prospective donor, whether the donor or prospective donor has made, amended, or revoked an anatomical gift.
c. Be accessible for purposes of paragraphs “a” and “b” seven days a week on a twenty-four-hour per day basis.
d. Provide a centralized, automated system to compile donation information received by the state department of transportation, department of natural resources, county treasurers, and the Iowa donor network.
e. Provide educational materials regarding the making, amending, or revoking of an anatomical gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift.
5. Personally identifiable information on the donor registry about a donor or prospective donor shall not be used or disclosed without the express consent of the donor, prospective donor, or person that made the anatomical gift for any purpose other than to determine, at or near the death of the donor or prospective donor, whether the donor or prospective donor has made, amended, or revoked an anatomical gift.
2000 Acts, ch 1052, §2; 2007 Acts, ch 44, §24; 2019 Acts, ch 86, §8, 9
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 142D - SMOKEFREE AIR ACT › Section 142D.1 - Title — findings — purpose.

142D.1 Title — findings — purpose.
1. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Smokefree Air Act”.
2. The general assembly finds that environmental tobacco smoke causes and exacerbates disease in nonsmoking adults and children. These findings are sufficient to warrant measures that regulate smoking in public places, places of employment, and outdoor areas in order to protect the public health and the health of employees.
3. The purpose of this chapter is to reduce the level of exposure by the general public and employees to environmental tobacco smoke in order to improve the public health of Iowans.
2008 Acts, ch 1084, §1
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 142D - SMOKEFREE AIR ACT › Section 142D.3 - Prohibition of smoking — public places, places of employment, and outdoor areas.

142D.3 Prohibition of smoking — public places, places of employment, and outdoor areas.
1. Smoking is prohibited and a person shall not smoke in any of the following:
a. Public places.
b. All enclosed areas within places of employment including but not limited to work areas, private offices, conference and meeting rooms, classrooms, auditoriums, employee lounges and cafeterias, hallways, medical facilities, restrooms, elevators, stairways and stairwells, and vehicles owned, leased, or provided by the employer unless otherwise provided under this chapter.
2. In addition to the prohibitions specified in subsection 1, smoking is prohibited and a person shall not smoke in or on any of the following outdoor areas:
a. The seating areas of outdoor sports arenas, stadiums, amphitheaters, and other entertainment venues where members of the general public assemble to witness entertainment events.
b. Outdoor seating or serving areas of restaurants.
c. Public transit stations, platforms, and shelters under the authority of the state or its political subdivisions.
d. School grounds, including parking lots, athletic fields, playgrounds, tennis courts, and any other outdoor area under the control of a public or private educational facility, including inside any vehicle located on such school grounds.
e. The grounds of any public buildings owned, leased, or operated by or under the control of the state government or its political subdivisions, including the grounds of a private residence of any state employee any portion of which is open to the public with the following exceptions:
(1) This paragraph shall not apply to the Iowa state fairgrounds, or fairgrounds as defined in section 174.1.
(2) This paragraph shall not apply to institutions administered by the department of corrections, except that smoking on the grounds shall be limited to designated smoking areas.
(3) This paragraph shall not apply to facilities of the Iowa national guard as defined in section 29A.1, except that smoking on the grounds shall be limited to designated smoking areas.
2008 Acts, ch 1084, §3
Referred to in §142D.4, 142D.5
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 142D - SMOKEFREE AIR ACT › Section 142D.4 - Areas where smoking not regulated.

142D.4 Areas where smoking not regulated.
Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, the following areas are exempt from the prohibitions of section 142D.3:
1. Private residences, unless used as a child care facility, child care home, or a health care provider location.
2. Hotel and motel rooms that are rented to guests and are designated as smoking rooms; provided that not more than twenty percent of the rooms of a hotel or motel rented to guests are designated as smoking rooms, all smoking rooms on the same floor are contiguous, and smoke from smoking rooms does not infiltrate into areas in which smoking is otherwise prohibited under this chapter. The status of smoking and nonsmoking rooms shall not be changed, except to provide additional nonsmoking rooms.
3. Retail tobacco stores, provided that smoke from these locations does not infiltrate into areas in which smoking is otherwise prohibited under this chapter.
4. Private and semiprivate rooms in long-term care facilities, occupied by one or more individuals, all of whom are smokers and have requested in writing to be placed in a room where smoking is permitted, provided that smoke from these locations does not infiltrate into areas in which smoking is otherwise prohibited under this chapter.
5. Private clubs that have no employees, except when being used for a function to which the general public is invited, provided that smoke from these locations does not infiltrate into areas in which smoking is otherwise prohibited under this chapter. This exemption shall not apply to any entity that is established for the purpose of avoiding compliance with this chapter.
6. Outdoor areas that are places of employment except those areas where smoking is prohibited pursuant to section 142D.3, subsection 2.
7. Limousines under private hire; vehicles owned, leased, or provided by a private employer that are for the sole use of the driver and are not used by more than one person in the course of employment either as a driver or passenger; privately owned vehicles not otherwise defined as a place of employment or public place; and cabs of motor trucks or truck tractors if no nonsmoking employees are present.
8. An enclosed area within a place of employment or public place that provides a smoking cessation program or a medical or scientific research or therapy program, if smoking is an integral part of the program.
9. Farm tractors, farm trucks, and implements of husbandry when being used for their intended purposes.
10. Only the gaming floor of a premises licensed pursuant to chapter 99F exclusive of any bar or restaurant located within the gaming floor which is an enclosed area and subject to the prohibitions of section 142D.3.
11. The Iowa veterans home.
2008 Acts, ch 1084, §4
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 142D - SMOKEFREE AIR ACT › Section 142D.5 - Declaration of area as nonsmoking.

142D.5 Declaration of area as nonsmoking.
1. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, an owner, operator, manager, or other person having custody or control of an area otherwise exempt from the prohibitions of section 142D.3 may declare the entire area as a nonsmoking place.
2. Smoking shall be prohibited in any location of an area declared a nonsmoking place under this section if a sign is posted conforming to the provisions of section 142D.6.
2008 Acts, ch 1084, §5
Referred to in §142D.6, 142D.8, 142D.9
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 142D - SMOKEFREE AIR ACT › Section 142D.6 - Notice of nonsmoking requirements — posting of signs.

142D.6 Notice of nonsmoking requirements — posting of signs.
1. Notice of the provisions of this chapter shall be provided to all applicants for a business license in this state, to all law enforcement agencies, and to any business required to be registered with the office of the secretary of state.
2. All employers subject to the prohibitions of this chapter shall communicate to all existing employees and to all prospective employees upon application for employment the smoking prohibitions prescribed in this chapter.
3. The owner, operator, manager, or other person having custody or control of a public place, place of employment, area declared a nonsmoking place pursuant to section 142D.5, or outdoor area where smoking is prohibited under this chapter shall clearly and conspicuously post in and at every entrance to the public place, place of employment, area declared a nonsmoking place pursuant to section 142D.5, or outdoor area, “no smoking” signs or the international “no smoking” symbol. Additionally, a “no smoking” sign or the international “no smoking” symbol shall be placed in every vehicle that constitutes a public place, place of employment, or area declared a nonsmoking place pursuant to section 142D.5 under this chapter, visible from the exterior of the vehicle. All signs shall contain the telephone number for reporting complaints and the internet site of the department of public health. The owner, operator, manager, or other person having custody or control of the public place, place of employment, area declared a nonsmoking place pursuant to section 142D.5, or outdoor area may use the sample signs provided on the department of public health’s internet site, or may use another sign if the contents of the sign comply with the requirements of this subsection.
4. The owner, operator, manager, or other person having custody or control of a public place, place of employment, area declared a nonsmoking place pursuant to section 142D.5, or outdoor area where smoking is prohibited under this chapter shall remove all ashtrays from these locations.
2008 Acts, ch 1084, §6
Referred to in §142D.5
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 142D - SMOKEFREE AIR ACT › Section 142D.7 - Nonretaliation — nonwaiver of rights.

142D.7 Nonretaliation — nonwaiver of rights.
1. A person or employer shall not discharge, refuse to employ, or in any manner retaliate against an employee, applicant for employment, or customer because that employee, applicant, or customer exercises any rights afforded under this chapter, registers a complaint, or attempts to prosecute a violation of this chapter.
2. An employee who works in a location where an employer allows smoking does not waive or surrender any legal rights the employee may have against the employer or any other person.
2008 Acts, ch 1084, §7
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 142D - SMOKEFREE AIR ACT › Section 142D.8 - Enforcement.

142D.8 Enforcement.
1. This chapter shall be enforced by the department of public health or the department’s designee. The department of public health shall adopt rules to administer this chapter, including rules regarding enforcement. The department of public health shall provide information regarding the provisions of this chapter and related compliance issues to employers, owners, operators, managers, and other persons having custody or control of a public place, place of employment, area declared a nonsmoking place pursuant to section 142D.5, or outdoor area where smoking is prohibited, and the general public via the department’s internet site. The internet site shall include sample signage and the telephone number for reporting complaints. Judicial magistrates shall hear and determine violations of this chapter.
2. If a public place is subject to any state or political subdivision inspection process or is under contract with the state or a political subdivision, the person performing the inspection shall assess compliance with the requirements of this chapter and shall report any violations to the department of public health or the department’s designee.
3. An owner, operator, manager, or other person having custody or control of a public place, place of employment, area declared a nonsmoking place pursuant to section 142D.5, or outdoor area regulated under this chapter shall inform persons violating this chapter of the provisions of this chapter.
4. An employee or private citizen may bring a legal action to enforce this chapter. Any person may register a complaint under this chapter by filing a complaint with the department of public health or the department’s designee.
5. In addition to the remedies provided in this section, the department of public health or the department’s designee or any other person aggrieved by the failure of the owner, operator, manager, or other person having custody or control of a public place, place of employment, area declared a nonsmoking place pursuant to section 142D.5, or outdoor area regulated by this chapter to comply with this chapter may seek injunctive relief to enforce this chapter.
2008 Acts, ch 1084, §8
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 142D - SMOKEFREE AIR ACT › Section 142D.9 - Civil penalties.

142D.9 Civil penalties.
1. A person who smokes in an area where smoking is prohibited pursuant to this chapter shall pay a civil penalty pursuant to section 805.8C, subsection 3, paragraph “a”, for each violation.
2. A person who owns, operates, manages, or otherwise has custody or control of a public place, place of employment, area declared a nonsmoking place pursuant to section 142D.5, or outdoor area regulated under this chapter and who fails to comply with this chapter shall pay a civil penalty as follows:
a. For a first violation, a monetary penalty not to exceed one hundred dollars.
b. For a second violation within one year, a monetary penalty not to exceed two hundred dollars.
c. For each violation in excess of a second violation within one year, a monetary penalty not to exceed five hundred dollars for each additional violation.
3. An employer who discharges or in any manner discriminates against an employee because the employee has made a complaint or has provided information or instituted a legal action under this chapter shall pay a civil penalty of not less than two thousand dollars and not more than ten thousand dollars for each violation.
4. In addition to the penalties established in this section, violation of this chapter by a person who owns, operates, manages, or who otherwise has custody or control of a public place, place of employment, area declared a nonsmoking place pursuant to section 142D.5, or outdoor area regulated under this chapter may result in the suspension or revocation of any permit or license issued to the person for the premises on which the violation occurred.
5. Violation of this chapter constitutes a public nuisance which may be abated by the department of public health or the department’s designee by restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction, or other means provided by law, and the entity abating the public nuisance may take action to recover the costs of such abatement.
6. Each day on which a violation of this chapter occurs is considered a separate and distinct violation.
7. Civil penalties paid pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the general fund of the state, unless a local authority as designated by the department in administrative rules is involved in the enforcement, in which case the civil penalties paid shall be deposited in the general fund of the respective city or county.
2008 Acts, ch 1084, §9
Referred to in §331.427, 805.8C(3)(a)
Nuisances in general, chapter 657
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 143 - PUBLIC HEALTH NURSES › Section 143.1 - Authority to employ.

143.1 Authority to employ.
Any local board of health, area education agency board, or the school board of any school district may employ public health nurses at periods each year and in numbers as deemed advisable. The council of any city, or the school board of any school district, or any of them acting in cooperation, may contract with any nonprofit nurses’ association for public health nursing service. The compensation and expenses shall be paid out of the general fund of the political subdivision employing nurses.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2362; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, §143.1; 81 Acts, ch 117, §1018]
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 143 - PUBLIC HEALTH NURSES › Section 143.2 - Cooperation.

143.2 Cooperation.
The said boards may cooperate in the employment of public health nurses and may apportion the expenses therefor to the various political subdivisions represented by said authorities.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2363; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §143.2]
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 143 - PUBLIC HEALTH NURSES › Section 143.3 - Duties.

143.3 Duties.
The authorities employing any public health nurses shall prescribe their duties which in a general way shall be for the promotion and conservation of the public health.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2364; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §143.3]
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 144 - VITAL STATISTICS › Section 144.2 - Division of records and statistics.

144.2 Division of records and statistics.
There is established in the department a division for records and statistics which shall install, maintain, and operate the system of vital statistics throughout the state. No system for the registration of births, deaths, fetal deaths, adoptions, marriages, dissolutions, and annulments, shall be maintained in the state or any of its political subdivisions other than the one provided for in this chapter. Suitable quarters shall be provided for the division by the executive council at the seat of government. The quarters shall be properly equipped for the permanent and safe preservation of all official records made and returned under this chapter.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2388, 2432; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §144.3, 144.49; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §144.2]
83 Acts, ch 101, §22
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 144 - VITAL STATISTICS › Section 144.4 - Registrar.

144.4 Registrar.
The director of public health shall be the state registrar of vital statistics and shall carry out the provisions of this chapter.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2387; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §144.2; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §144.4]
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 144 - VITAL STATISTICS › Section 144.5 - Duties of registrar.

144.5 Duties of registrar.
The state registrar shall:
1. Administer and enforce this chapter and the rules issued under this chapter, and issue instructions for the efficient administration of the statewide system of vital statistics and the division for records and statistics.
2. Direct and supervise the statewide system of vital statistics and the division for records and statistics and be custodian of its records.
3. Direct, supervise, and control the activities of clerks of the district court and county recorders related to the operation of the vital statistics system and provide registrars with necessary postage.
4. Prescribe, print, and distribute the forms required by this chapter and prescribe any other means for transmission of data, as necessary to accomplish complete, accurate reporting.
5. Prepare and publish annual reports of vital statistics of this state and other reports as may be required.
6. Delegate functions and duties vested in the state registrar to officers, to employees of the department, to the clerks of the district court, and to the county registrars as the state registrar deems necessary or expedient.
7. Provide, by rules, for appropriate morbidity reporting.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2393; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §144.8; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §144.5; 81 Acts, ch 64, §1]
88 Acts, ch 1158, §33; 95 Acts, ch 124, §1, 2, 26; 97 Acts, ch 159, §8; 2021 Acts, ch 80, §72
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 144 - VITAL STATISTICS › Section 144.9 - County recorder as registrar.

144.9 County recorder as registrar.
The county recorder is the county registrar and with respect to the county shall:
1. Administer and enforce this chapter and the rules issued by the department.
2. Record and transmit the certificates, reports, or other returns filed with the county registrar to the state registrar at least semimonthly, or more frequently when directed by the state registrar.
[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §144.4, 144.10; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §144.9]
88 Acts, ch 1158, §34; 95 Acts, ch 124, §3, 26
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 144 - VITAL STATISTICS › Section 144.12 - Forms uniform.

144.12 Forms uniform.
In order to promote and maintain uniformity in the system of vital statistics, the forms of certificates, reports, and other returns shall include as a minimum the items recommended by the federal agency responsible for national vital statistics, subject to approval and modification by the department. Forms shall be furnished by the department. The forms or other recording methods used to register records required under this chapter shall be prescribed by the department.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §144.12]
88 Acts, ch 1158, §35; 97 Acts, ch 159, §9
Referred to in §595.15
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 144 - VITAL STATISTICS › Section 144.13B - Waiver of fees — military service.

144.13B Waiver of fees — military service.
Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, the certified copy fees for a birth certificate or death certificate of a service member who died while performing military duty, as defined in section 29A.1, subsection 3, 8, or 12, shall be waived for a period of one year from the date of death for a family member of the deceased service member.
2010 Acts, ch 1170, §2; 2011 Acts, ch 47, §7; 2012 Acts, ch 1072, §32
Referred to in §331.611
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 144 - VITAL STATISTICS › Section 144.14 - Foundlings.

144.14 Foundlings.
1. A person who assumes the custody of a living infant of unknown parentage shall report on a form and in the manner prescribed by the state registrar within five days to the county registrar of the county in which the child was found, the following information:
a. The date and place the child was found.
b. The sex, color or race, and approximate age of the child.
c. The name and address of the person or institution which has assumed custody of the child.
d. The name given to the child by the custodian.
e. Other data required by the state registrar.
2. The place where the child was found shall be entered as the place of birth and the date of birth shall be determined by approximation. A report registered under this section shall constitute the certificate of birth for the infant.
3. If the child is identified and a certificate of birth is found or obtained, any report registered under this section shall be sealed and filed and may be opened only by order of a court of competent jurisdiction or as provided by regulation.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §144.14]
88 Acts, ch 1158, §38; 2009 Acts, ch 133, §44
Referred to in §144.13A, 233.2, 331.611