Title IV, PUBLIC HEALTH (Ch. 123 - 158)

For the purposes of this subchapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Department” means the department of health and human services. 2. “Local board” means the local board of health. 87 Acts, ch 55, §1 ; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §104 ; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §141

There is established a childhood lead poisoning prevention program within the department. The department shall implement and review programs necessary to eliminate potentially dangerous toxic lead levels in children in Iowa in a year for which funds are appropriated to the depart…

The department shall adopt rules, pursuant to chapter 17A , regarding the: 1. Implementation of the grant program pursuant to section 135.103 . 2. Maintenance of laboratory facilities for the childhood lead poisoning prevention program. 3. Maximum blood lead levels in children li…

The department shall implement a childhood lead poisoning prevention grant program which provides federal, state, or other funds to local boards of health or cities for the program after standards and requirements for the local program are developed. The department may also use f…

The program by a local board of health or city receiving funding for an approved childhood lead poisoning prevention grant program shall include: 1. A public education program about lead poisoning and dangers of lead poisoning to children. 2. An effective outreach effort to ensur…

The department shall: 1. Coordinate the childhood lead poisoning prevention program with the department of natural resources, the university of Iowa poison control program, the mobile and regional child health specialty clinics, and any agency or program known for a direct intere…

1. The department may develop voluntary guidelines which may be used to develop and administer local programs to address the health and environmental needs of children who are confirmed as lead poisoned. 2. The voluntary guidelines may be based upon existing local ordinances that…

1. For purposes of this section : a. “Blood lead testing” means taking a capillary or venous sample of blood and sending it to a laboratory to determine the level of lead in the blood. b. “Capillary” means a blood sample taken from the finger or heel for lead analysis. c. “Health…

1. The department shall establish a healthy opportunities for parents to experience success (HOPES) – healthy families Iowa (HFI) program to provide services to families and children during the prenatal through preschool years. The program shall be designed to do all of the follo…

The department shall do all of the following: 1. Provide technical planning assistance to rural communities and counties exploring innovative means of delivering rural health services through community health services assessment, planning, and implementation, including but not li…

As used in this subchapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Committee” or “review committee” means the state mortality review committee established in section 135.43 . 2. “Department” means the department of health and human services. 3. “Director” means the director …

The department shall: 1. Exercise general supervision over the public health, promote public hygiene and sanitation, prevent substance use disorder, and, unless otherwise provided, enforce the laws relating to the same. 2. Conduct campaigns for the education of the people in hygi…

1. The review committee shall perform the following duties: a. Prepare a biennial report for the governor, supreme court, attorney general, and the general assembly concerning the following subjects: (1) The causes and manner of domestic abuse deaths, including an analysis of fac…

1. A person in possession or control of medical, investigative, or other information pertaining to a domestic abuse death and related incidents and events preceding the domestic abuse death, shall allow for the inspection and review of written or photographic information related …

The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A relating to the administration of the committee and sections 135.108 through 135.111 . 2000 Acts, ch 1136, §5 ; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §225

1. A child protection center grant program is established in the department in accordance with this section . The department 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 exist…

1. For the purposes of this section : a. “Child care provider” means the same as a child care facility, as defined in section 237A.1 , that is providing child care to a child who is newborn through age three. b. “Family support program” means a program offering instruction and su…

Any statutorily established board, commission, committee, or council established under the purview of the department shall provide for a teleconference option for board, commission, committee, or council members to participate in official meetings. 2019 Acts, ch 85, §80 Former §1…

1. For the purposes of this section , unless the context otherwise requires: a. “Birth center” means a facility or institution, which is not an ambulatory surgical center or a hospital or in a hospital, in which births are planned to occur following a normal, uncomplicated, low-r…

The department shall perform all of the following duties: 1. Plan and direct all work activities of the statewide public health dental program. 2. Develop comprehensive dental initiatives for prevention activities. 3. Evaluate the effectiveness of the statewide public health dent…

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 bioengineere…

1. The department shall coordinate the administration of this subchapter with federal, state, and local agencies and officials. 2. The department shall do all of the following: a. Coordinate with the department of homeland security and emergency management the administration of e…

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 disa…

1. The department shall approve public health response teams to supplement and support disrupted or overburdened local medical and public health personnel, hospitals, and resources. Assistance shall be rendered under the following circumstances: a. At or near the site of a disast…

If a public health disaster exists, the department, in conjunction with the governor, may do any of the following: 1. Decontaminate or cause to be decontaminated, to the extent reasonable and necessary to address the public health disaster, any facility or material if there is ca…

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…

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 …

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 emergenc…

The department shall be responsible for all of the following: 1. Providing population-based oral health services, including public health training, improvement of dental support systems for families, technical assistance, awareness-building activities, and educational services, a…

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 se…

As a component of the federal funding received by the department as the administering agency for the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children, from the United States department of agriculture, food and nutrition service, the department shall incorpo…

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…

1. a. The department 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 i…

1. As used in this section , unless the context otherwise requires: a. “Conventional eggs” means eggs other than specialty eggs. b. “Eggs” means shell eggs that are graded as “AA”, “A”, or “B” pursuant to 7 C.F.R. pt. 56, subpt. A , and that are sold at retail in commercial marke…

The department of health and human services may demand that a raw milk producer provide the department with all records required to be retained by the raw milk producer as provided in section 195.6 , including any of the following: 1. The coliform count and standard plate count o…

1. As used in this section , unless the context otherwise requires: a. “Cultivated-protein food product” means the same as defined in section 137E.1 . b. “Federal nutrition program” or “program” means any of the following: (1) The special supplemental nutrition program for women,…

1. As used in this section , unless the context otherwise requires: a. “Fabricated-egg product” means the same as defined in section 137A.1 . b. “Federal nutrition program” or “program” means any of the following: (1) The special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants,…

1. a. Except as provided in paragraphs “c” and “d” , the parent or guardian of a child enrolled in elementary school shall provide evidence to the school district or accredited nonpublic elementary school in which the child is enrolled of the child having, no earlier than three y…

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…

1. a. A health care workforce support initiative is established to provide for the coordination and support of various efforts to address the health care workforce shortage in this state. This initiative shall include the medical residency training state matching grants program c…

1. The department shall establish a medical residency training state matching grants program to provide matching state funding to sponsors of accredited graduate medical education residency programs in this state to establish, expand, or support medical residency training 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. …

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 n…

Provisions of this chapter in conflict with the state building code, as adopted pursuant to section 103A.7 , shall not apply where the state building code has been adopted or when the state building code applies throughout the state. [C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §135.18 ] 2004 Acts, ch …

1. a. The university of Iowa hospitals and clinics shall administer state-funded psychiatry residency and fellowship positions for up to seven residents and up to two fellows, annually. In addition, a county medical center, and a medical center operating for more than one hundred…

1. The department shall establish a board-certified behavior analyst and board-certified assistant behavior analyst grants program to provide grants to Iowa resident and nonresident applicants who have been accepted for admission or are attending a university, community college, …