Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 641 - Public Health Department › Chapter 11 - Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) › Rule 641-11.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
For the purpose of rules
				641-11.1 (139A, 141A) to
				641-11.34(915), the following definitions shall apply:
"AIDS"
means acquired immune deficiency
				syndrome as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the
				U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
"AIDS-related condition"
means any condition
				resulting from HIV infection that meets the definition of AIDS as established
				by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the U.S. Department of
				Health and Human Services.
"Blood bank"
means a facility for the
				collection, processing, or storage of human blood or blood derivatives, or from
				which or by means of which human blood or blood derivatives are distributed or
				otherwise made available.
"CDC"
means the Centers for Disease Control
				and Prevention of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
"CLIA"
means Clinical Laboratory Improvement
				Amendments as administered by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services of
				the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
"Clinical laboratory"
means a facility for
				the microbiological, serological, chemical, hematological, radiobioassay,
				cytological, immunohematological, pathological or other examination of
				materials derived from the human body for the purpose of providing information
				for the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of any disease or assessment of a
				medical condition.
"Confirmed positive test"
means a reactive
				result or detectable quantity on any HIV-related test, including an antibody
				test, an antigen test, a culture, a nucleic acid amplification test, or other
				test or combination of tests, that is considered to be confirmatory according
				to prevailing medical technology and algorithms or guidance from CDC. When the
				confirmed positive test involves more than one test, all test results should be
				included in any reports to the department.
"Department"
means the Iowa department of
				public health.
"Director of a plasma center, blood bank, clinical
				laboratory, organ procurement organization, or public health
				laboratory"
means the person responsible for direction and operation
				of the facility, the medical director, or the person designated by the director
				or medical director to ensure compliance with applicable regulations and
				requirements.
"Emergency medical services personnel"
means
				"emergency medical care provider" as defined in
				641-131.1 (147A).
"Health care facility"
means a health care
				facility as defined in Iowa Code section
				135C.1, an ambulatory surgical
				center, or a clinic.
"Health care provider"
means a person
				licensed to practice medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery,
				chiropractic, podiatry, nursing, dentistry, or optometry, or licensed as a
				physician assistant, dental hygienist, or acupuncturist.
"Health facility"
means a hospital, health
				care facility, clinic, blood bank, blood center, sperm bank, laboratory organ
				procurement organization, or other health care institution.
"HIV"
means the human immunodeficiency virus
				identified as the causative agent of AIDS.
"HIV infection"
means having acquired the
				human immunodeficiency virus.
"HIV-related test"
means a diagnostic test
				conducted by a laboratory approved pursuant to CLIA for determining the
				presence of HIV or antibodies to HIV.
"Laboratory"
means a clinical or public
				health laboratory, a plasma center, or a blood bank inside or outside the
				boundaries of Iowa.
"Physician"
means a person currently licensed
				pursuant to Iowa Code chapter 148.
"Physician assistant"
means a person
				currently licensed under Iowa Code chapter 148C.
"Plasma center"
means a facility that
				conducts plasmapheresis.
"Plasmapheresis"
means the removal of blood
				from a human being to obtain plasma with the subsequent reinfusion of the
				remaining formed elements into the donor, but excludes such a procedure
				performed for the purpose of improving the health of the donor.
"Public health laboratory"
means a laboratory
				operated by an agency of city, county or state government for the purpose of
				supporting disease control activities.
"Sexually transmitted disease or infection"
means "sexually transmitted disease or infection" as defined in
				641-1.1(139A).