Section 686D.5 – Safe harbor for compliance with regulations, executive orders, or public health guidance.
686D.5 Safe harbor for compliance with regulations, executive orders, or public health guidance. A person in this state shall not be held liable for civil damages for any injuries sustained from exposure or potential exposure to COVID-19 if the act or omission alleged to violate a duty of care was in substantial compliance or was […]
Section 686D.6 – Liability of health care providers.
686D.6 Liability of health care providers. 1. A health care provider shall not be liable for civil damages for causing or contributing, directly or indirectly, to the death or injury of an individual as a result of the health care provider’s acts or omissions while providing or arranging health care in support of the state’s […]
Section 686D.7 – Supplies, equipment, and products designed, manufactured, labeled, sold, distributed, and donated in response to COVID-19.
686D.7 Supplies, equipment, and products designed, manufactured, labeled, sold, distributed, and donated in response to COVID-19. 1. Any person that designs, manufactures, labels, sells, distributes, or donates household disinfecting or cleaning supplies, personal protective equipment, or a qualified product in response to COVID-19 shall not be liable in a civil action alleging personal injury, death, […]
Section 686D.8 – Construction.
686D.8 Construction. This chapter shall not be construed to do any of the following: 1. Create, recognize, or ratify a claim or cause of action of any kind. 2. Eliminate or satisfy a required element of a claim or cause of action of any kind. 3. Affect the rights or limits under workers’ compensation as […]
Section 686B.1 – Title.
686B.1 Title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Asbestos and Silica Claims Priorities Act”. 2017 Acts, ch 11, §10
Section 686D.2 – Definitions.
686D.2 Definitions. When used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “COVID-19” means the novel coronavirus identified as SARS-CoV-2, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 or a virus mutating therefrom, and conditions associated with the disease caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 or a virus mutating therefrom. 2. “Disinfecting or cleaning […]
Section 686B.2 – Definitions.
686B.2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “AMA guides” means the American medical association’s guides to the evaluation of permanent impairment in effect at the time of the performance of any examination or test on the exposed person required under this chapter. 2. “Asbestos” means the same as defined […]
Section 686D.3 – Actual injury requirement in civil actions alleging COVID-19 exposure.
686D.3 Actual injury requirement in civil actions alleging COVID-19 exposure. A person shall not bring or maintain a civil action alleging exposure or potential exposure to COVID-19 unless one of the following applies: 1. The civil action relates to a minimum medical condition. 2. The civil action involves an act that was intended to cause […]
Section 686B.3 – Filing claims — establishment of prima facie case — individual actions to be filed.
686B.3 Filing claims — establishment of prima facie case — individual actions to be filed. 1. A plaintiff in an asbestos action involving a nonmalignant condition or a silica action involving silicosis shall file with the complaint or other initial pleading a detailed narrative medical report and diagnosis, signed under oath by a qualified physician […]
Section 686D.4 – Premises owner’s duty of care — limited liability.
686D.4 Premises owner’s duty of care — limited liability. A person who possesses or is in control of a premises, including a tenant, lessee, or occupant of a premises, who directly or indirectly invites or permits an individual onto a premises, shall not be liable for civil damages for any injuries sustained from the individual’s […]