Iowa Code r. 641-1.7 - Confidentiality
Reportable disease records and information, with the exception of AIDS and HIV records, that identify a person or a business named in a report may be disclosed under the following limited circumstances:
(1) By and between department employees and
agents who have a need for the record in the performance of their
duties.
(2) By and between
department employees and agents and local boards of health and local health
departments as necessary to conduct disease surveillance and investigation, to
the extent necessary to protect the health or life of the named party, or to
enforce a department order or an order of a local board of health.
(3) By and between department employees and
agents and health care providers, laboratories, and hospitals as necessary to
conduct disease surveillance or an investigation, to the extent necessary to
protect the health or life of the named party, or to enforce a department order
or an order of a local board of health.
(4) By and between department employees and
agents and employees and agents of federal, state, and local agencies as
necessary to conduct disease surveillance or an investigation or to enforce a
department order or an order of a local board of health.
(5) By and between department employees and
agents and employees and agents of tribes and tribal public health authorities
as necessary to conduct disease surveillance or an investigation or to enforce
a department order or an order of a local board of health.
(6) Reportable disease information may be
included in an isolation or quarantine order or placard as necessary to prevent
the spread of a quarantinable disease.
Notes
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