135.1 - DEFINITIONS.
135.1 DEFINITIONS.
For the purposes of chapter 155 and Title IV, subtitle 2,
excluding chapter 146, unless otherwise defined:
1. "Director" shall mean the director of public health.
2. "Health officer" shall mean the physician who is the
health officer of the local board of health.
3. "Local board" shall mean the local board of health.
4. "Physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine
and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery, chiropractic,
podiatry, or optometry under the laws of this state; but a person
licensed as a physician and surgeon shall be designated as a
"physician" or "surgeon", a person licensed as an osteopathic
physician and surgeon shall be designated as an "osteopathic
physician" or "osteopathic surgeon", a person licensed as a
chiropractor shall be designated as a "chiropractor", a person
licensed as a podiatrist shall be designated as a "podiatric
physician", and a person licensed as an optometrist shall be
designated as an "optometrist". A definition or designation
contained in this subsection shall not be interpreted to expand the
scope of practice of such licensees.
5. "Rules" shall include regulations and orders.
6. "Sanitation officer" shall mean the police officer who is
the permanent sanitation and quarantine officer and who is subject to
the direction of the local board of health in the execution of health
and quarantine regulations.
7. "State department" or "department" shall mean the Iowa
department of public health. Section History: Early Form
[S13, § 2583-b; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 2181; C46, 50, 54, 58,
62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 135.1] Section History: Recent Form
86 Acts, ch 1245, § 1101; 88 Acts, ch 1199, §1; 94 Acts, ch 1023,
§10; 95 Acts, ch 108, § 2; 96 Acts, ch 1036, §1; 96 Acts, ch 1212,
§15; 2008 Acts, ch 1058, § 14; 2008 Acts, ch 1084, § 10; 2008 Acts,
ch 1088, § 141; 2009 Acts, ch 133, §30
Referred to in § 36.2, 135C.1, 514.21