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2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 135 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH › Section 135.118 - Child protection center grant program.

135.118 Child protection center grant program.
1. A child protection center grant program is established in the Iowa department of public health in accordance with this section. The director of public health shall establish requirements for the grant program and shall award grants. A grant may be used for establishment of a new center or for support of an existing center.
2. The eligibility requirements for a child protection center grant shall include but are not limited to all of the following:
a. A grantee must meet or be in the process of meeting the standards established by the national children’s alliance for children’s advocacy centers.
b. A grantee must have in place an interagency memorandum of understanding regarding participation in the operation of the center and for coordinating the activities of the government entities that respond to cases of child abuse in order to facilitate the appropriate disposition of child abuse cases through the juvenile and criminal justice systems. Agencies participating under the memorandum must include the following that are operating in the area served by the grantee:
(1) Department of human services county offices assigned to child protection.
(2) County and municipal law enforcement agencies.
(3) Office of the county attorney.
(4) Other government agencies involved with child abuse assessments or service provision.
c. The interagency memorandum must provide for a cooperative team approach to responding to child abuse, reducing the number of interviews required of a victim of child abuse, and establishing an approach that emphasizes the best interest of the child and that provides investigation, assessment, and rehabilitative services.
d. As necessary to address serious cases of child abuse such as those involving sexual abuse, serious physical abuse, and substance abuse, a grantee must be able to involve or consult with persons from various professional disciplines who have training and expertise in addressing special types of child abuse. These persons may include but are not limited to physicians and other health care professionals, mental health professionals, social workers, child protection workers, attorneys, juvenile court officers, public health workers, child development experts, child educators, and child advocates.
3. The director shall create a committee to consider grant proposals and to make grant recommendations to the director. The committee membership may include but is not limited to representatives of the following: departments of human services, justice, and public health, Iowa medical society, Iowa hospital association, Iowa nurses association, and an association representing social workers.
4. Implementation of the grant program is subject to the availability of funding for the grant program.
2001 Acts, ch 166, §1
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 135 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH › Section 135.140 - Definitions.

135.140 Definitions.
As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Bioterrorism” means the intentional use of any microorganism, virus, infectious substance, or biological product that may be engineered as a result of biotechnology, or any naturally occurring or bioengineered component of any such microorganism, virus, infectious substance, or biological product, to cause death, disease, or other biological malfunction in a human, an animal, a plant, or another living organism.
2. “Department” means the Iowa department of public health.
3. “Director” means the director of public health or the director’s designee.
4. “Disaster” means disaster as defined in section 29C.2.
5. “Division” means the division of acute disease prevention and emergency response of the department.
6. “Public health disaster” means a state of disaster emergency proclaimed by the governor in consultation with the department pursuant to section 29C.6 for a disaster which specifically involves an imminent threat of an illness or health condition that meets any of the following conditions of paragraphs “a” and “b”:
a. Is reasonably believed to be caused by any of the following:
(1) Bioterrorism or other act of terrorism.
(2) The appearance of a novel or previously controlled or eradicated infectious agent or biological toxin.
(3) A chemical attack or accidental release.
(4) An intentional or accidental release of radioactive material.
(5) A nuclear or radiological attack or accident.
(6) A natural occurrence or incident, including but not limited to fire, flood, storm, drought, earthquake, tornado, or windstorm.
(7) A man-made occurrence or incident, including but not limited to an attack, spill, or explosion.
b. Poses a high probability of any of the following:
(1) A large number of deaths in the affected population.
(2) A large number of serious or long-term disabilities in the affected population.
(3) Widespread exposure to an infectious or toxic agent that poses a significant risk of substantial future harm to a large number of the affected population.
(4) Short-term or long-term physical or behavioral health consequences to a large number of the affected population.
7. “Public health response team” means a team of professionals, including licensed health care providers, nonmedical professionals skilled and trained in disaster or emergency response, and public health practitioners, which is sponsored by a hospital or other entity and approved by the department to provide disaster assistance in the event of a disaster or threatened disaster.
2003 Acts, ch 33, §1, 11; 2003 Acts, ch 179, §64; 2005 Acts, ch 89, §6, 7; 2006 Acts, ch 1184, §83; 2009 Acts, ch 37, §4, 5; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §104
Referred to in §29C.6, 135M.1, 135M.3, 135M.4, 137.116, 139A.2
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 135 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH › Section 135.142 - Health care supplies.

135.142 Health care supplies.
1. The department may purchase and distribute antitoxins, serums, vaccines, immunizing agents, antibiotics, and other pharmaceutical agents or medical supplies as deemed advisable in the interest of preparing for or controlling a public health disaster.
2. If a public health disaster exists or there is reasonable cause to believe that a public health disaster is imminent and if the public health disaster or belief that a public health disaster is imminent results in a statewide or regional shortage or threatened shortage of any product described under subsection 1, whether or not such product has been purchased by the department, the department may control, restrict, and regulate by rationing and using quotas, prohibitions on shipments, allocation, or other means, the use, sale, dispensing, distribution, or transportation of the relevant product necessary to protect the public health, safety, and welfare of the people of this state. The department shall collaborate with persons who have control of the products when reasonably possible.
3. In making rationing or other supply and distribution decisions, the department shall give preference to health care providers, disaster response personnel, and mortuary staff.
4. During a public health disaster, the department may procure, store, or distribute any antitoxins, serums, vaccines, immunizing agents, antibiotics, and other pharmaceutical agents or medical supplies located within the state as may be reasonable and necessary to respond to the public health disaster, and may take immediate possession of these pharmaceutical agents and supplies. If a public health disaster affects more than one state, this section shall not be construed to allow the department to obtain antitoxins, serums, vaccines, immunizing agents, antibiotics, and other pharmaceutical agents or medical supplies for the primary purpose of hoarding such items or preventing the fair and equitable distribution of these pharmaceutical and medical supplies among affected states. The department shall collaborate with affected states and persons when reasonably possible.
5. The state shall pay just compensation to the owner of any product lawfully taken or appropriated by the department for the department’s temporary or permanent use in accordance with this section. The amount of compensation shall be limited to the costs incurred by the owner to procure the item.
2003 Acts, ch 33, §3, 11; 2004 Acts, ch 1086, §34
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 135 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH › Section 135.145 - Information sharing.

135.145 Information sharing.
1. When the department of public safety or other federal, state, or local law enforcement agency learns of a case of a disease or health condition, unusual cluster, or a suspicious event that may be the cause of a public health disaster, the department or agency shall immediately notify the department, the director of the department of homeland security and emergency management, the department of agriculture and land stewardship, and the department of natural resources as appropriate.
2. When the department learns of a case of a disease or health condition, an unusual cluster, or a suspicious event that may be the cause of a public health disaster, the department shall immediately notify the department of public safety, the department of homeland security and emergency management, and other appropriate federal, state, and local agencies and officials.
3. Sharing of information on diseases, health conditions, unusual clusters, or suspicious events between the department and public safety authorities and other governmental agencies shall be restricted to sharing of only the information necessary for the prevention, control, and investigation of a public health disaster.
4. Release of information pursuant to this section shall be consistent with the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-191.
2003 Acts, ch 33, §6, 11; 2003 Acts, ch 179, §157; 2006 Acts, ch 1079, §1; 2013 Acts, ch 29, §46
Communicable and infectious diseases and poisonings, see chapter 139A
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 135 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH › Section 135.146 - First responder vaccination program.

135.146 First responder vaccination program.
1. In the event that federal funding is received for administering vaccinations for first responders, the department shall offer a vaccination program for first responders who may be exposed to infectious diseases when deployed to disaster locations. For purposes of this section, “first responder” means state and local law enforcement personnel, fire department personnel, and emergency medical personnel who will be deployed to sites of bioterrorism attacks, terrorist attacks, catastrophic or natural disasters, and other disasters. The vaccinations shall include, but not be limited to, vaccinations for hepatitis B, diphtheria, tetanus, influenza, and other vaccinations when recommended by the United States public health service and in accordance with federal emergency management agency policy. Immune globulin will be made available when necessary.
2. Participation in the vaccination program shall be voluntary, except for first responders who are classified as having occupational exposure to blood-borne pathogens as defined by the occupational safety and health administration standard contained in
29 C.F.R. §1910.1030
. First responders who are so classified shall be required to receive the vaccinations as described in subsection 1. A first responder shall be exempt from this requirement, however, when a written statement from a licensed physician or physician assistant is presented indicating that a vaccine is medically contraindicated for that person or the first responder signs a written statement that the administration of a vaccination conflicts with religious tenets.
3. The department shall establish first responder notification procedures regarding the existence of the program by rule, and shall develop, and distribute to first responders, educational materials on methods of preventing exposure to infectious diseases. In administering the program, the department may contract with county and local health departments, not-for-profit home health care agencies, hospitals, physicians, and military unit clinics.
2004 Acts, ch 1012, §1, 2; 2005 Acts, ch 3, §31; 2022 Acts, ch 1066, §5
Subsection 2 amended
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 135 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH › Section 135.147 - Immunity for emergency aid — exceptions.

135.147 Immunity for emergency aid — exceptions.
1. A person, corporation, or other legal entity, or an employee or agent of such person, corporation, or entity, who, during a public health disaster, in good faith and at the request of or under the direction of the department or the department of public defense renders emergency care or assistance to a victim of the public health disaster shall not be liable for civil damages for causing the death of or injury to a person, or for damage to property, unless such acts or omissions constitute recklessness.
2. The immunities provided in this section shall not apply to any person, corporation, or other legal entity, or an employee or agent of such person, corporation, or entity, whose act or omission caused in whole or in part the public health disaster and who would otherwise be liable therefor.
2007 Acts, ch 159, §21
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 135 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH › Section 135.150 - Gambling treatment program — standards and licensing.

135.150 Gambling treatment program — standards and licensing.
1. a. The department shall operate a gambling treatment program to provide programs which may include but are not limited to outpatient and follow-up treatment for persons affected by problem gambling, rehabilitation and residential treatment programs, information and referral services, crisis call access, education and preventive services, and financial management and credit counseling services.
b. A person shall not maintain or conduct a gambling treatment program funded through the department unless the person has obtained a license for the program from the department. The department shall adopt rules to establish standards for the licensing and operation of gambling treatment programs under this section. The rules shall specify, but are not limited to specifying, the qualifications for persons providing gambling treatment services, standards for the organization and administration of gambling treatment programs, and a mechanism to monitor compliance with this section and the rules adopted under this section.
2. The department shall report annually to the general assembly’s standing committees on government oversight regarding the operation of the gambling treatment program. The report shall include but is not limited to information on the moneys expended and grants awarded for operation of the gambling treatment program.
2004 Acts, ch 1136, §55; 2005 Acts, ch 175, §77; 2009 Acts, ch 182, §106; 2010 Acts, ch 1069, §15; 2017 Acts, ch 148, §3
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 135 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH › Section 135.163 - Health care access.

135.163 Health care access.
The department shall coordinate public and private efforts to develop and maintain an appropriate health care delivery infrastructure and a stable, well-qualified, diverse, and sustainable health care workforce in this state. The health care delivery infrastructure and the health care workforce shall address the broad spectrum of health care needs of Iowans throughout their lifespan. The department shall, at a minimum, do all of the following:
1. Develop a strategic plan for health care delivery infrastructure and health care workforce resources in this state.
2. Provide for the continuous collection of data to provide a basis for health care strategic planning and health care policymaking.
3. Make recommendations regarding the health care delivery infrastructure and the health care workforce that assist in monitoring current needs, predicting future trends, and informing policymaking.
2008 Acts, ch 1188, §57; 2017 Acts, ch 148, §16
Referred to in §84A.11, 135.175
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 135 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH › Section 135.166 - Health data — collection and use — collection from hospitals.

135.166 Health data — collection and use — collection from hospitals.
1. a. The department of public health shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the contractor selected through a request for proposals process to act as the department’s intermediary in collecting, maintaining, and disseminating hospital inpatient, outpatient, and ambulatory data, as initially authorized in
1996 Iowa Acts, ch. 1212, §5
, subsection 1, paragraph “a”, subparagraph (4), and
641 IAC 177.3
.
b. The memorandum of understanding shall include but is not limited to provisions that address the duties of the department and the contractor regarding the collection, reporting, disclosure, storage, and confidentiality of the data.
2. Unless otherwise authorized or required by state or federal law, data collected under this section shall not include the social security number or name of the individual subject of the data.
2009 Acts, ch 118, §57; 2014 Acts, ch 1026, §143; 2017 Acts, ch 148, §104; 2019 Acts, ch 85, §96; 2022 Acts, ch 1131, §61
Subsection 2 amended
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 135 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH › Section 135.171 - Alzheimer’s disease service needs.

135.171 Alzheimer’s disease service needs.
1. The department shall regularly analyze Iowa’s population by county and age to determine the existing service utilization and future service needs of persons with Alzheimer’s disease and similar forms of irreversible dementia. The analysis shall also address the availability of existing caregiver services for such needs and the appropriate service level for the future.
2. The department shall modify its community needs assessment activities to include questions to identify and quantify the numbers of persons with Alzheimer’s disease and similar forms of irreversible dementia at the community level.
3. The department shall collect data on the numbers of persons demonstrating combative behavior related to Alzheimer’s disease and similar forms of irreversible dementia. The department shall also collect data on the number of physicians and geropsychiatric units available in the state to provide treatment and services to such persons. Health care facilities that serve such persons shall provide information to the department for the purposes of the data collection required by this subsection.
4. The department’s implementation of the requirements of this section shall be limited to the extent of the funding appropriated or otherwise made available for the requirements.
2008 Acts, ch 1140, §1
See also §231.62
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 135 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH › Section 135.178 - Nurse residency state matching grants program.

135.178 Nurse residency state matching grants program.
The department shall establish a nurse residency state matching grants program to provide matching state funding to sponsors of nurse residency programs in this state to establish, expand, or support nurse residency programs that meet standards adopted by rule of the department. Funding for the program may be provided through the health care workforce shortage fund or the nurse residency state matching grants program account created in section 135.175. The department, in cooperation with the Iowa board of nursing, the department of education, Iowa institutions of higher education with board of nursing-approved programs to educate nurses, and the Iowa nurses association, shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to establish minimum standards for nurse residency programs to be eligible for a matching grant that address all of the following:
1. Eligibility requirements for and qualifications of a sponsor of a nurse residency program to receive a grant, including that the program includes both rural and urban components.
2. The application process for the grant.
3. Criteria for preference in awarding of the grants.
4. Determination of the amount of a grant.
5. Use of the funds awarded. Funds may be used to pay the costs of establishing, expanding, or supporting a nurse residency program as specified in this section, including but not limited to the costs associated with residency stipends and nursing faculty stipends.
2015 Acts, ch 30, §215, 218, 219; 2016 Acts, ch 1139, §76, 78, 79
Referred to in §135.175
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 135 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH › Section 135.179 - Fulfilling Iowa’s need for dentists.

135.179 Fulfilling Iowa’s need for dentists.
1. The department, in cooperation with a dental nonprofit health service corporation, shall create the fulfilling Iowa’s need for dentists matching grant program.
2. Funding for the program may be provided through the health care workforce shortage fund or the fulfilling Iowa’s need for dentists matching grant program account created in section 135.175. The purpose of the program is to establish, expand, or support the placement of dentists in dental or rural shortage areas across the state by providing education loan repayments.
3. The department shall contract with a dental nonprofit health service corporation to implement and administer the program. The dental nonprofit health service corporation shall provide loan repayments to dentists who practice in a dental or rural shortage area as defined by the department.
2014 Acts, ch 1106, §10
Referred to in §135.175
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 135 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH › Section 135.180 - State-funded psychiatry residency program — fund — appropriations.

135.180 State-funded psychiatry residency program — fund — appropriations.
1. The university of Iowa hospitals and clinics shall administer a state-funded psychiatry residency program in cooperation with the state mental health institutes at Independence and Cherokee, the state resource center at Woodward, the state training school at Eldora, and the Iowa medical and classification center at Oakdale. The university of Iowa hospitals and clinics shall expand the psychiatry residency program to provide additional residency positions by providing financial support for residency positions which are in excess of the federal residency cap established by the federal Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Pub. L. No. 105-33. Participating residents shall complete a portion of their psychiatry training at one of the state mental health institutes, the state resource center, the state training school, or the Iowa medical and classification center at Oakdale. For accreditation-required clinical experiences not available at the state mental health institutes, the state resource center, the state training school, or the Iowa medical and classification center at Oakdale, the psychiatry residency program and its residents may utilize clinical rotations at the university of Iowa hospitals and clinics and its affiliates across the state.
2. The university of Iowa hospitals and clinics shall apply to the accreditation council for graduate medical education for approval of twelve additional residency positions for each class of residents and the psychiatry residency program shall award the total number of residency positions approved for each class of residents. Preference in the awarding of residency positions shall be given to candidates who are residents of Iowa, attended and earned an undergraduate degree from an Iowa college or university, or attended and earned a medical degree from a medical school in Iowa.
3. A psychiatry residency program fund is created in the state treasury consisting of the moneys appropriated or credited to the fund by law. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the fund at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to any other fund but shall remain in the psychiatry residency program fund for use in subsequent fiscal years. Moneys in the fund are appropriated to the university of Iowa hospitals and clinics to be used for the purposes of the program. For the fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2023, there is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the psychiatry residency program fund one hundred thousand dollars for each residency position approved and awarded under the program.
2022 Acts, ch 1131, §82
NEW section
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 135 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH › Section 135.185 - Epinephrine auto-injector supply.

135.185 Epinephrine auto-injector supply.
1. For purposes of this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
a. “Epinephrine auto-injector” means the same as provided in section 280.16.
b. “Facility” means a food establishment as defined in section 137F.1, a carnival as defined in section 88A.1, a recreational camp, a youth sports facility, or a sports arena.
c. “Licensed health care professional” means the same as provided in section 280.16.
d. “Personnel authorized to administer epinephrine” means an employee or agent of a facility who is trained and authorized to administer an epinephrine auto-injector.
2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a licensed health care professional may prescribe epinephrine auto-injectors in the name of a facility to be maintained for use as provided in this section.
3. A facility may obtain a prescription for epinephrine auto-injectors and maintain a supply of such auto-injectors in a secure location at each location where a member of the public may be present for use as provided in this section. A facility that obtains such a prescription shall replace epinephrine auto-injectors in the supply upon use or expiration. Personnel authorized to administer epinephrine may possess and administer epinephrine auto-injectors from the supply as provided in this section.
4. Personnel authorized to administer epinephrine may provide or administer an epinephrine auto-injector from the facility’s supply to an individual present at the facility if such personnel reasonably and in good faith believe the individual is having an anaphylactic reaction.
5. The following persons, provided they have acted reasonably and in good faith, shall not be liable for any injury arising from the provision, administration, or assistance in the administration of an epinephrine auto-injector as provided in this section:
a. Any personnel authorized to administer epinephrine who provide, administer, or assist in the administration of an epinephrine auto-injector to an individual present at the facility who such personnel believe to be having an anaphylactic reaction.
b. The owner or operator of the facility.
c. The prescriber of the epinephrine auto-injector.
6. The department of public health, the board of medicine, the board of nursing, and the board of pharmacy shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to implement and administer this section, including but not limited to standards and procedures for the prescription, distribution, storage, replacement, and administration of epinephrine auto-injectors, and for training and authorization to be required for personnel authorized to administer epinephrine.
2015 Acts, ch 68, §1; 2016 Acts, ch 1073, §58
Referred to in §155A.27
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 135 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH › Section 135.190 - Possession and administration of opioid antagonists — immunity.

135.190 Possession and administration of opioid antagonists — immunity.
1. For purposes of this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
a. “Licensed health care professional” means the same as defined in section 280.16.
b. “Opioid antagonist” means the same as defined in section 147A.1.
c. “Opioid-related overdose” means the same as defined in section 147A.1.
d. “Person in a position to assist” means a family member, friend, caregiver, health care provider, employee of a substance abuse treatment facility, school employee, or other person who may be in a place to render aid to a person at risk of experiencing an opioid-related overdose.
2. a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a licensed health care professional may prescribe an opioid antagonist to a person in a position to assist.
b. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a pharmacist licensed under chapter 155A may, by standing order or through collaborative agreement, dispense, furnish, or otherwise provide an opioid antagonist to a person in a position to assist.
(2) A pharmacist who dispenses, furnishes, or otherwise provides an opioid antagonist pursuant to a valid prescription, standing order, or collaborative agreement shall provide instruction to the recipient in accordance with any protocols and instructions developed by the department under this section.
3. A person in a position to assist may possess and provide or administer an opioid antagonist to an individual if the person in a position to assist reasonably and in good faith believes that such individual is experiencing an opioid-related overdose.
4. A person in a position to assist or a prescriber of an opioid antagonist who has acted reasonably and in good faith shall not be liable for any injury arising from the provision, administration, or assistance in the administration of an opioid antagonist as provided in this section.
5. A school district may obtain a valid prescription for an opioid antagonist and maintain a supply of opioid antagonists in a secure location at each location where a student may be present for use as provided in this section.
6. The department may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to implement and administer this section.
2016 Acts, ch 1061, §1; 2016 Acts, ch 1139, §68 – 70, 72 – 75; 2022 Acts, ch 1121, §2, 3
Referred to in §155A.27
Subsection 1, paragraph d amended
NEW subsection 5 and former subsection 5 renumbered as 6
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 135 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH › Section 135.190A - Opioid antagonist medication fund.

135.190A Opioid antagonist medication fund.
1. An opioid antagonist medication fund for first responders is created within the state treasury under the control of the department. The fund shall consist of moneys appropriated to or deposited into the fund.
2. Moneys in the fund are appropriated to the department for the purchase, maintenance, and replacement of opioid antagonist medication administered by first responders to persons experiencing an opioid-related overdose. The department is authorized to designate moneys in the fund for the purchase, maintenance, and replacement of opioid antagonist medication used by the department or other entities under this section.
3. First responders may contact the department for the procurement of opioid antagonist medication. The department shall keep a record of the distribution of moneys from the fund.
4. The fund may consist of available federal or state moneys available, as well as any available opioid lawsuit settlement moneys. Funds may be transferred between other state agencies and the fund as appropriate.
5. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the fund that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of a fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated unless federal regulations otherwise require. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund.
6. The department shall submit a report to the co-chairpersons and ranking members of the joint appropriations subcommittee on the justice system and to the legislative services agency on or before December 31 of each year which shall contain a list of deposits and expenditures from the fund for the prior fiscal year and the amount of carryover funds, if any, to be distributed in the next fiscal year.
7. For purposes of this section:
a. “First responder” means an emergency medical care provider, a registered nurse staffing an authorized service program under section 147A.12, a physician assistant staffing an authorized service program under section 147A.13, a fire fighter, or a peace officer as defined in section 801.4 who is trained and authorized to administer an opioid antagonist.
b. “Opioid antagonist” means the same as defined in section 147A.1.
c. “Opioid-related overdose” means the same as defined in section 147A.1.
2022 Acts, ch 1121, §4
Referred to in §12.51
NEW section
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 135 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH › Section 135.191 - Stroke care — continuous quality improvement.

135.191 Stroke care — continuous quality improvement.
1. A nationally certified comprehensive stroke center or a nationally certified primary stroke center operating in the state shall report to the statewide stroke database data consistent with nationally recognized guidelines on the treatment of individuals with confirmed cases of stroke within the state. If a nationally certified comprehensive stroke center or nationally certified primary stroke center does not comply with this subsection by reporting data consistent with nationally recognized guidelines, the department may request a review of the certification of the comprehensive stroke center or the primary stroke center by the certifying entity.
2. The department, in partnership with the university of Iowa college of public health, department of epidemiology, shall do all of the following:
a. Maintain or utilize a statewide stroke database that compiles information and statistics on stroke care which aligns with nationally recognized stroke consensus metrics.
b. Utilize the get with the guidelines-stroke data set platform or a data tool with equivalent data measures and with confidentiality standards consistent with federal and state law and other health information and data collection, storage, and sharing requirements of the department.
c. Partner with national voluntary health organizations and stroke advocacy organizations that plan for achieving stroke care quality improvement to avoid duplication and redundancy.
d. Encourage nationally certified acute stroke-ready hospitals and emergency medical services agencies to report data consistent with nationally recognized guidelines on the treatment of individuals with confirmed cases of stroke within the state.
2017 Acts, ch 26, §1
Implementation of section contingent upon utilization of existing resources by the department of public health and shall not require appropriation of additional funding;
2017 Acts, ch 26, §2
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 135 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH › Section 135.192 - Protections of certain prospective recipients of anatomical gifts.

135.192 Protections of certain prospective recipients of anatomical gifts.
1. A hospital, physician, or other person shall not determine the ultimate recipient of an anatomical gift based upon a potential recipient’s disability, except to the extent that the disability has been found by a physician, following a case-by-case evaluation of the potential recipient, to be medically significant to the provision of the anatomical gift.
2. Subsection 1 shall apply to each part of the anatomical gift process including all of the following:
a. The referral from a primary care provider to a specialist.
b. The referral from a specialist to a transplant center.
c. The evaluation of the patient for the transplant by the transplant hospital.
d. The consideration of the patient for placement on the list of potential transplant recipients pursuant to
42 C.F.R. §121.7
.
3. A person with a disability shall not be required to demonstrate postoperative independent living abilities in order to be placed on the list of potential transplant recipients pursuant to
42 C.F.R. §121.7
if there is evidence that the person will have sufficient, compensatory support and assistance.
4. A court shall accord priority on its calendar and handle expeditiously any action brought to seek any remedy authorized by law for purposes of enforcing compliance with this section.
5. This section shall not be deemed to require referrals or recommendations for, or the performance of, a medically inappropriate transplant of a part.
6. As used in this section:
a. “Anatomical gift” means the same as defined in section 142C.2.
b. “Disability” means the same as defined in the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. §12101 et seq.
2020 Acts, ch 1101, §1
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 135A - PUBLIC HEALTH MODERNIZATION ACT › Section 135A.2 - Definitions.

135A.2 Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions apply:
1. “Academic institution” means an institution of higher education in the state which grants degrees in public health or another health-related field and is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency as determined by the United States secretary of education. For purposes of this definition, “accredited” means a certification of the quality of an institution of higher education.
2. “Department” means the department of public health.
3. “Designated local public health agency” means an entity that is either governed by or contractually responsible to a local board of health and designated by the local board.
4. “Governmental public health system” means local boards of health, the state board of health, designated local public health agencies, the state hygienic laboratory, and the department.
5. “Local board of health” means the same as defined in section 137.102.
6. “Organizational capacity” means the governmental public health infrastructure that must be in place in order to deliver public health services.
7. “Public health system” means all public, private, and voluntary entities that contribute to the delivery of public health services within a jurisdiction.
2009 Acts, ch 182, §116, 126; 2016 Acts, ch 1026, §1; 2017 Acts, ch 148, §25; 2019 Acts, ch 85, §72
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 135A - PUBLIC HEALTH MODERNIZATION ACT › Section 135A.3 - Governmental public health system — lead agency.

135A.3 Governmental public health system — lead agency.
1. The department is designated as the lead agency in this state to administer this chapter.
2. Such administration shall include evaluation of and quality improvement measures for the governmental public health system.
2009 Acts, ch 182, §117, 126; 2016 Acts, ch 1026, §2
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 135A - PUBLIC HEALTH MODERNIZATION ACT › Section 135A.8 - Governmental public health system fund.

135A.8 Governmental public health system fund.
1. The department is responsible for the funding of the administrative costs for implementation of this chapter. A governmental public health system fund is created as a separate fund in the state treasury under the control of the department. The fund shall consist of moneys obtained from any source, including the federal government, unless otherwise prohibited by law or the entity providing the funding. Moneys deposited in the fund are appropriated to the department for the public health purposes specified in this chapter. Moneys in the fund shall not be transferred, used, obligated, appropriated, or otherwise encumbered except as provided in this section. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the governmental public health system fund at the end of the fiscal year shall not revert to any other fund but shall remain in the fund for subsequent fiscal years.
2. The fund is established to assist local boards of health and the department with the provision of governmental public health system organizational capacity and public health service delivery and to achieve and maintain voluntary accreditation. At least seventy percent of the funds shall be made available to local boards of health and up to thirty percent of the funds may be utilized by the department.
3. Moneys in the fund may be allocated by the department to a local board of health for organizational capacity and service delivery. Such allocation may be made on a matching, dollar-for-dollar basis for the acquisition of equipment, or by providing grants to achieve and maintain voluntary accreditation.
4. A local board of health seeking matching funds or grants under this section shall apply to the department. The state board of health shall adopt rules concerning the application and award process for the allocation of moneys in the fund and shall establish the criteria for the allocation of moneys in the fund if the moneys are insufficient to meet the needs of local boards of health.
2009 Acts, ch 182, §122, 126; 2016 Acts, ch 1026, §4
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 135A - PUBLIC HEALTH MODERNIZATION ACT › Section 135A.9 - Rules.

135A.9 Rules.
The state board of health shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to implement this chapter which shall include but are not limited to the following:
1. The application and award process for governmental public health system fund moneys.
2. Rules otherwise necessary to implement the chapter.
2009 Acts, ch 182, §123, 126; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §29; 2016 Acts, ch 1026, §5; 2019 Acts, ch 85, §73
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 135B - LICENSURE AND REGULATION OF HOSPITALS › Section 135B.1 - Definitions.

135B.1 Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
1. “Department” means the department of inspections and appeals.
2. “Governmental unit” means the state, or any county, municipality, or other political subdivision or any department, division, board or other agency of any of the foregoing.
3. “Hospital” means a place which is devoted primarily to the maintenance and operation of facilities for the diagnosis, treatment or care over a period exceeding twenty-four hours of two or more nonrelated individuals suffering from illness, injury, or deformity, or a place which is devoted primarily to the rendering over a period exceeding twenty-four hours of obstetrical or other medical or nursing care for two or more nonrelated individuals, or any institution, place, building or agency in which any accommodation is primarily maintained, furnished or offered for the care over a period exceeding twenty-four hours of two or more nonrelated aged or infirm persons requiring or receiving chronic or convalescent care; and shall include sanatoriums or other related institutions within the meaning of this chapter. Provided, however, nothing in this chapter shall apply to hotels or other similar places that furnish only food and lodging, or either, to their guests or to a freestanding hospice facility which operates a hospice program in accordance with 42 C.F.R. §418. “Hospital” shall include, in any event, any facilities wholly or partially constructed or to be constructed with federal financial assistance, pursuant to Pub. L. No. 79-725, 60 Stat. 1040, approved August 13, 1946.
4. “Person” means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, or joint stock association; and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee or other similar representative thereof.
[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §135B.1]
90 Acts, ch 1107, §1; 90 Acts, ch 1204, §2; 2006 Acts, ch 1010, §52
Referred to in §135.61, 135C.33, 135D.2, 139A.2, 142D.2, 144.31B, 144A.2, 144C.2, 144D.1, 144F.1, 147.136A, 147.163, 152B.4, 233.1, 235E.1, 427.1(14)(a)
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 135B - LICENSURE AND REGULATION OF HOSPITALS › Section 135B.2 - Purpose.

135B.2 Purpose.
The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the development, establishment and enforcement of basic standards for the care and treatment of individuals in hospitals and for the construction, maintenance and operation of such hospitals, which, in the light of existing knowledge, will promote safe and adequate treatment of such individuals in hospitals, in the interest of the health, welfare and safety of the public.
[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §135B.2]
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 135B - LICENSURE AND REGULATION OF HOSPITALS › Section 135B.3 - Licensure.

135B.3 Licensure.
No person or governmental unit, acting severally or jointly with any other person or governmental unit shall establish, conduct or maintain a hospital in this state without a license.
[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §135B.3]
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 135B - LICENSURE AND REGULATION OF HOSPITALS › Section 135B.4 - Application for license.

135B.4 Application for license.
Licenses shall be obtained from the department. Applications shall be upon forms and shall contain information as the department may reasonably require, which may include affirmative evidence of ability to comply with reasonable standards and rules prescribed under this chapter. Each application for license shall be accompanied by the license fee, which shall be refunded to the applicant if the license is denied and which shall be deposited into the state treasury and credited to the general fund if the license is issued. Hospitals having fifty beds or less shall pay an initial license fee of fifteen dollars; hospitals of more than fifty beds and not more than one hundred beds shall pay an initial license fee of twenty-five dollars; all other hospitals shall pay an initial license fee of fifty dollars.
[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §135B.4]
90 Acts, ch 1204, §3
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 135B - LICENSURE AND REGULATION OF HOSPITALS › Section 135B.5 - Issuance and renewal of license.

135B.5 Issuance and renewal of license.
1. Upon receipt of an application for license and the license fee, the department shall issue a license if the applicant and hospital facilities comply with this chapter, chapter 135, and the rules of the department. Each licensee shall receive annual reapproval upon payment of five hundred dollars and upon filing of an application form which is available from the department. The annual licensure fee shall be dedicated to support and provide educational programs on regulatory issues for hospitals licensed under this chapter. Licenses shall be either general or restricted in form. Each license shall be issued only for the premises and persons or governmental units named in the application and is not transferable or assignable except with the written approval of the department. Licenses shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the licensed premises as prescribed by rule of the department.
2. The provisions of this section shall not in any way affect, change, deny, or nullify any rights set forth in or arising from the provisions of this chapter and particularly section 135B.7, arising before or after December 31, 1960.
[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §135B.5]
90 Acts, ch 1204, §4; 2008 Acts, ch 1191, §48; 2018 Acts, ch 1062, §1; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §24; 2020 Acts, ch 1103, §37, 51
2023 Iowa Code › Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 135B - LICENSURE AND REGULATION OF HOSPITALS › Section 135B.5A - Conversion of a hospital.

135B.5A Conversion of a hospital.
A conversion of a long-term acute care hospital, rehabilitation hospital, or psychiatric hospital as defined by federal regulations to a general hospital or to a specialty hospital of a different type is a permanent change in bed capacity and shall require a certificate of need pursuant to section 135.63.
2018 Acts, ch 1062, §2