135.41 - PUBLICATION.

        135.41  PUBLICATION.
         The department, the Iowa medical society or any of its allied
      medical societies, the Iowa osteopathic medical association, any
      in-hospital staff committee, or the Iowa healthcare collaborative
      shall use or publish said material only for the purpose of advancing
      medical research or medical education in the interest of reducing
      morbidity or mortality, except that a summary of such studies may be
      released by any such group for general publication.  In all events
      the identity of any person whose condition or treatment has been
      studied shall be confidential and shall not be revealed under any
      circumstances.  A violation of this section shall constitute a simple
      misdemeanor.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 135.41] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         2006 Acts, ch 1128, §2
         Referred to in § 135.40