135.141 - DIVISION OF ACUTE DISEASE PREVENTION AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE -- ESTABLISHMENT -- DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT.
135.141 DIVISION OF ACUTE DISEASE PREVENTION AND
EMERGENCY RESPONSE -- ESTABLISHMENT -- DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT.
1. A division of acute disease prevention and emergency response
is established within the department. The division shall coordinate
the administration of this division of this chapter with other
administrative divisions of the department and with federal, state,
and local agencies and officials.
2. The department shall do all of the following:
a. Coordinate with the homeland security and emergency
management division of the department of public defense the
administration of emergency planning matters which involve the public
health, including development, administration, and execution of the
public health components of the comprehensive plan and emergency
management program pursuant to section 29C.8.
b. Coordinate with federal, state, and local agencies and
officials, and private agencies, organizations, companies, and
persons, the administration of emergency planning, response, and
recovery matters that involve the public health.
c. Conduct and maintain a statewide risk assessment of any
present or potential danger to the public health from biological
agents.
d. If a public health disaster exists, or if there is
reasonable cause to believe that a public health disaster is
imminent, conduct a risk assessment of any present or potential
danger to the public health from chemical, radiological, or other
potentially dangerous agents.
e. For the purpose of paragraphs "c" and "d", an
employee or agent of the department may enter into and examine any
premises containing potentially dangerous agents with the consent of
the owner or person in charge of the premises or, if the owner or
person in charge of the premises refuses admittance, with an
administrative search warrant obtained under section 808.14. Based
on findings of the risk assessment and examination of the premises,
the director may order reasonable safeguards or take any other action
reasonably necessary to protect the public health pursuant to rules
adopted to administer this subsection.
f. Coordinate the location, procurement, storage,
transportation, maintenance, and distribution of medical supplies,
drugs, antidotes, and vaccines to prepare for or in response to a
public health disaster, including receiving, distributing, and
administering items from the strategic national stockpile program of
the centers for disease control and prevention of the United States
department of health and human services.
g. Conduct or coordinate public information activities
regarding emergency and disaster planning, response, and recovery
matters that involve the public health.
h. Apply for and accept grants, gifts, or other funds to be
used for programs authorized by this division of this chapter.
i. Establish and coordinate other programs or activities as
necessary for the prevention, detection, management, and containment
of public health disasters, and for the recovery from such disasters.
j. Adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A for the administration
of this division of this chapter including rules adopted in
cooperation with the Iowa pharmacy association and the Iowa hospital
association for the development of a surveillance system to monitor
supplies of drugs, antidotes, and vaccines to assist in detecting a
potential public health disaster. Prior to adoption, the rules shall
be approved by the state board of health and the administrator of the
homeland security and emergency management division of the department
of public defense. Section History: Recent Form
2003 Acts, ch 33, §2, 11; 2003 Acts, ch 179, §157; 2005 Acts, ch
89, §8; 2009 Acts, ch 37, §6; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §42