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

All bills for supplies furnished and services rendered for persons removed and isolated or quarantined in a separate house or hospital, or for persons financially unable to provide their own sustenance and care during isolation or quarantine, shall be allowed and paid for only on…

The board of supervisors is not bound by the action of the local board in approving the bills, but shall pay the bills for a reasonable amount and within a reasonable time. 2000 Acts, ch 1066, §17

If any person receives services or supplies under this chapter who does not have residence in the county in which the bills were incurred and paid, the amount paid shall be certified to the board of supervisors of the county in which the person claims residence or owns property, …

1. a. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, if a care provider sustains a significant exposure from an individual while rendering health care services or other services, the individual to whom the care provider was exposed is deemed to consent to a test t…

For purposes of this chapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Area quarantine” means prohibiting ingress and egress to and from a building or buildings, structure or structures, or other definable physical location, or portion thereof, to prevent or contain the spread…

A person who knowingly exposes another to a communicable disease or who knowingly subjects another to a child or other legally incapacitated person who has contracted a communicable disease, with the intent that another person contract the communicable disease, shall be liable fo…

1. If the results of an examination by a public, private, or hospital clinical laboratory of a specimen from a person in Iowa yield evidence of or are reactive for a reportable poisoning or a reportable illness from a toxic agent, including methemoglobinemia, the results shall be…

1. A hospital shall adopt procedures requiring the establishment of protocols applicable on a case-by-case basis to a health care provider determined to be infected with HIV or HBV who ordinarily performs exposure-prone procedures as determined by an expert review panel, within t…

If the provisions of Pub. L. No. 102-141 relating to requirements for prevention of transmission of HIV or HBV to patients in the performance of exposure-prone procedures are repealed, section 139A.22 is repealed. 2000 Acts, ch 1066, §23

A person suffering from a communicable disease dangerous to the public health who knowingly gives false information regarding the person’s infected state on a blood plasma sale application to blood plasma-taking personnel commits a serious misdemeanor. 2000 Acts, ch 1066, §24

1. Unless otherwise provided in this chapter , a person who knowingly violates any provision of this chapter , or of the rules of the department or a local board, or any lawful order, written or oral, of the department or board, or of their officers or authorized agents, is guilt…

1. Each institution of higher education that has an on-campus residence hall or dormitory shall provide vaccination information on meningococcal disease to each student enrolled in the institution. The vaccination information shall be contained on student health forms provided to…

1. The health care provider or public, private, or hospital clinical laboratory attending a person infected with a reportable disease shall immediately report the case to the department. However, when a case occurs within the jurisdiction of a local department, the report shall b…

1. Reports to the department which include the identity of persons infected with a sexually transmitted disease or infection, and all such related information, records, and reports concerning the person, shall be confidential and shall not be accessible to the public. 2. Notwiths…

Immediately after the first examination or treatment of any person infected with any sexually transmitted disease or infection, the health care provider who performed the examination or treatment shall transmit to the department a report stating the name of the infected person, t…

A person in charge of a public, private, or hospital clinical laboratory shall report to the department, on forms prescribed by the department, results obtained in the examination of all specimens which yield evidence of or are reactive for those diseases defined as sexually tran…

1. The department shall maintain a partner notification program for persons known to have tested positive for a reportable sexually transmitted disease or infection. 2. In administering the program, the department shall provide for all of the following: a. A person who voluntaril…

The local board shall cause an examination to be made of every person reasonably suspected, on the basis of epidemiological investigation, of having any sexually transmitted disease or infection in the infectious stages to ascertain if such person is infected and, if infected, to…

A minor shall have the legal capacity to act and give consent to provision of medical care or services to the minor for the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of a sexually transmitted disease or infection by a hospital, clinic, or health care provider. Such medical care or serv…

A certificate of freedom from sexually transmitted disease or infection shall not be issued to any person by any official health agency. 2000 Acts, ch 1066, §32

The department shall adopt rules which incorporate the prenatal guidelines established by the centers for disease control and prevention of the United States department of health and human services as the state guidelines for prenatal testing and care relative to infectious disea…

A physician attending the birth of a child shall cause to be instilled into the eyes of the newly born infant a prophylactic solution approved by the department. This section shall not be construed to require treatment of the infant’s eyes with a prophylactic solution if the infa…

A provision of this chapter shall not be construed to require or compel any person to take or follow a course of medical treatment prescribed by law or a health care provider if the person is an adherent or member of a church or religious denomination and in accordance with the t…

When the department receives a report under this chapter or acts on other reliable information that a person is infected with a disease, illness, or health condition that may be a potential cause of a public health disaster, the department shall identify all individuals reasonabl…

1. The type and length of isolation or quarantine imposed for a specific communicable disease shall be in accordance with rules adopted by the department. 2. The department and the local boards may impose and enforce isolation and quarantine restrictions. 3. The department shall …

A person who knowingly makes a false statement in any of the reports required by this subchapter concerning persons infected with any sexually transmitted disease or infection, or who discloses the identity of such person, except as authorized by this subchapter , shall be punish…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a physician, physician assistant, or advanced registered nurse practitioner who diagnoses a sexually transmitted chlamydia or gonorrhea infection in an individual patient may prescribe, dispense, furnish, or otherwise pr…

When isolation or a quarantine is established, appropriate placards prescribed by the department shall be erected to mark the boundaries of the place of isolation or quarantine. 2000 Acts, ch 1066, §5

If a person, whether or not a resident, is infected with a communicable disease dangerous to the public health, the local board shall issue orders in regard to the care of the person as necessary to protect the public health. The orders shall be executed by the designated officer…

If a person known to be suffering from a communicable disease dangerous to the public health moves from the jurisdiction of a local board into the jurisdiction of another local board, the local board from whose jurisdiction the person moves shall notify the local board into whose…

1. A parent or legal guardian shall assure that the person’s minor children residing in the state are adequately immunized against diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, poliomyelitis, rubeola, rubella, and varicella, according to recommendations provided by the department subject to th…

1. In the event of a shortage of a vaccine, or in the event a vaccine shortage is imminent, the department may issue an order controlling, restricting, or otherwise regulating the distribution and administration of the vaccine. The order may designate groups of persons which shal…

1. Notwithstanding whether a person’s attendance is in person or virtual, immunization against COVID-19 shall not be required for a person to be enrolled in any licensed child care center, elementary or secondary school, or postsecondary school in Iowa prior to July 1, 2029. 2. F…

The forcible removal and isolation or quarantine of any infected person shall be accomplished according to the rules and regulations of the local board or the rules of the department. 2000 Acts, ch 1066, §9 ; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §224 ; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §401

As used in this chapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “AIDS” means acquired immune deficiency syndrome as defined by the centers for disease control and prevention of the United States department of health and human services. 2. “AIDS-related conditions” means any c…

1. A person making a report in good faith pursuant to this chapter is immune from any liability, civil or criminal, which might otherwise be incurred or imposed as a result of the report. 2. A health care provider attending a person who tests positive for HIV infection has no dut…

1. A person aggrieved by a violation of this chapter shall have a right of civil action for damages in district court. 2. A care provider who intentionally or recklessly makes an unauthorized disclosure under this chapter is subject to a civil penalty of one thousand dollars. 3. …

1. The department is designated as the lead agency in the coordination and implementation of the Iowa comprehensive HIV plan. 2. The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to implement and enforce this chapter . The rules may include procedures for taking appropriat…

1. All federal and state moneys appropriated to the department for HIV-related activities shall be utilized and distributed in a manner consistent with the guidelines established by the United States department of health and human services. 2. The department shall do all of the f…

1. HIV testing and education shall be offered to persons who are at risk for HIV infection including all of the following: a. Males who have had sexual relations with other males. b. All persons testing positive for a sexually transmitted disease. c. All persons having a history …

1. The department shall maintain a partner notification program for persons known to have tested positive for HIV infection. 2. In administering the program, the department shall provide for the following: a. A person who tests positive for HIV infection shall receive post-test c…

1. Prior to undergoing a voluntary HIV-related test, information shall be available to the subject of the test concerning testing and any means of obtaining additional information regarding HIV transmission and risk reduction. If an individual signs a general consent form for the…

1. At any time that the subject of an HIV-related test is informed of confirmed positive test results, counseling concerning the emotional and physical health effects shall be initiated. Particular attention shall be given to explaining the need for the precautions necessary to a…

1. Any information, including reports and records, obtained, submitted, and maintained pursuant to this chapter is strictly confidential medical information. The information shall not be released, shared with an agency or institution, or made public upon subpoena, search warrant,…

The body of every person who died in a public asylum, hospital, penitentiary, or reformatory in this state, or found dead within the state, or who is to be buried at public expense in this state, except those buried under the provisions of chapter 144C or 249 , and which is suita…

Any physician or member of the instructional staff of any college or school who uses, or permits others under the physician’s or member’s charge to use the dead body of a human being for the purpose of medical or surgical study without the record required in section 142.6 having …