Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 641 - Public Health Department › Chapter 7 - Immunization and Immunization Education: Persons Attending Elementary or Secondary Schools, Licensed Child Care Centers or Institutions of Higher Education › Rule 641-7.12 - Release of Immunization and Health Screening Information

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1)
Between
			 a physician, physician assistant, nurse, certified medical assistant,
			 pharmacist, or screening provider and the elementary, secondary, or
			 postsecondary school or licensed child care center that the student
			 attends.
A physician, a physician assistant, a nurse, a certified
			 medical assistant, a pharmacist, or a screening provider shall disclose a
			 student's or patient's immunization or health screening information, including
			 the name, date of birth, and demographic information; vaccine(s) administered
			 and the month, day and year of administration; health screening results; and
			 clinic source and location, to an elementary, secondary, or postsecondary
			 school or a licensed child care center upon written or verbal request from the
			 elementary, secondary, or postsecondary school or licensed child care center.
			 Written or verbal permission from a student or parent is not required to
			 release this information to an elementary, secondary, or postsecondary school
			 or licensed child care center that the student attends.
(2)
Among physicians, physician
			 assistants, nurses, certified medical assistants, pharmacists or screening
			 providers.
Immunization or health screening information, including the
			 student's or patient's name, date of birth, and demographic information;
			 vaccine(s) administered and the month, day and year of administration; health
			 screening results; and clinic source and location, shall be provided by a
			 physician, physician assistant, nurse, certified medical assistant, pharmacist,
			 or screening provider to another health care provider without written or verbal
			 permission from the student, parent, guardian or patient.
(3)
Among an elementary school,
			 secondary school, postsecondary school, and licensed child care center that the
			 student attends.
An elementary school, secondary school, postsecondary
			 school, and licensed child care center shall disclose a student's immunization
			 or health screening information, including the student's name, date of birth,
			 and demographic information; vaccine(s) administered and the month, day and
			 year of administration; health screening results; and clinic source and
			 location, to another elementary school, secondary school, postsecondary school,
			 and licensed child care center that the student attends. Written or verbal
			 permission from a student, or if the student is a minor, the student's parent
			 or guardian, is not required to release this information to an elementary
			 school, secondary school, postsecondary school, and licensed child care center
			 that the student attends.
(4)
Among the department and a physician, physician assistant, nurse,
			 certified medical assistant, pharmacist, screening provider, elementary school,
			 secondary school, postsecondary school, and licensed child care
			 center.
A student's or patient's immunization or health screening
			 information, including name, date of birth, grade, and demographic information;
			 vaccine(s) administered and the month, day and year of administration; and
			 health screening results, clinic source, and location, all in a format
			 specified by the department, shall be disclosed upon written or verbal request
			 among the department, physicians, physician assistants, nurses, certified
			 medical assistants, pharmacists, screening providers, elementary schools,
			 secondary schools, postsecondary schools, and licensed child care centers.
			 Written or verbal permission from a student, patient, parent, or guardian is
			 not required to release this information.
(5)
Among the department and
			 physicians, physician assistants, nurses, resettlement agencies, federal,
			 state, and local government agencies, and certified medical assistants
			 conducting refugee health screenings.
Refugee health screenings shall
			 be disclosed only as indicated in this rule. Immunization or health screening
			 information, including the patient's name, date of birth, and demographic
			 information; the vaccine(s) administered and the month, day, and year of
			 administration; health screening results; and clinic source and location, shall
			 be disclosed upon written or verbal request among the department, physicians,
			 physician assistants, nurses, certified medical assistants, resettlement
			 agencies, federal, state, and local government agencies, or screening providers
			 to another health care provider or the department. Written or verbal permission
			 from the parent, guardian or patient is not required to release this
			 information.