139A.3 Reports to department — immunity — confidentiality — investigations. 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 health department, the report shall be […]
139A.30 Confidential reports. 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. Notwithstanding subsection 1, reports to the department and related reports, […]
139A.31 Report to department. 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, the address of the infected person, the infected person’s […]
139A.32 Examination results from laboratory — report. 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 transmitted diseases or infections, […]
139A.33 Partner notification program. 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 voluntarily participates in the program shall receive post-test counseling […]
139A.34 Examination of persons suspected. 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 cause such person to be treated. […]
139A.35 Minors. 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 services shall be provided by or […]
139A.36 Certificate not to be issued. 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
139A.37 Pregnant women. 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 disease. 2000 Acts, ch 1066, §33
139A.38 Medical treatment of newly born. 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 infant’s parent […]
139A.39 Religious exceptions. 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 tenets […]
139A.3A Investigation and control. 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 reasonably believed to have been exposed to […]
139A.4 Type and length of isolation or quarantine. 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 adopt rules governing […]
139A.40 Filing false reports. 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 punished as provided in section 139A.25. 2000 Acts, […]
139A.41 Chlamydia and gonorrhea treatment. 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 provide prescription oral antibiotic drugs to that patient’s sexual partner or partners without […]
139A.5 Isolation or quarantine signs erected. 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
139A.6 Communicable diseases. 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 as the local […]
139A.7 Diseased persons moving — record forwarded. 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 jurisdiction […]
139A.8 Immunization of children. 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 the provisions of subsections 3 and 4. 2. a. A person shall not […]
139A.8A Vaccine shortage — department order — immunity. 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 shall receive […]
