135.19 - VIRAL HEPATITIS PROGRAM -- AWARENESS, VACCINATIONS, AND TESTING.

        135.19  VIRAL HEPATITIS PROGRAM -- AWARENESS,
      VACCINATIONS, AND TESTING.
         1.  If sufficient funds are appropriated by the general assembly,
      the department shall establish and administer a viral hepatitis
      program.  The goal of the program shall be to distribute information
      to citizens of this state who are at an increased risk for exposure
      to viral hepatitis regarding the higher incidence of hepatitis C
      exposure and infection among these populations, the dangers presented
      by the disease, and contacts for additional information and
      referrals.  The program shall also make available hepatitis A and
      hepatitis B vaccinations, and hepatitis C testing.
         2.  The department shall establish by rule a list of individuals
      by category who are at increased risk for viral hepatitis exposure.
      The list shall be consistent with recommendations developed by the
      centers for disease control, and shall be developed in consultation
      with the Iowa viral hepatitis task force and the Iowa department of
      veterans affairs.  The department shall also establish by rule what
      information is to be distributed and the form and manner of
      distribution.  The rules shall also establish a vaccination and
      testing program, to be coordinated by the department through local
      health departments and clinics and other appropriate locations.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         2006 Acts, ch 1045, §1; 2009 Acts, ch 182, §88