135A.7 - GOVERNMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM AND ACCREDITATION DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM.
135A.7 GOVERNMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM AND
ACCREDITATION DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM.
1. The department shall establish and maintain a governmental
public health system and an accreditation data collection system by
which the state board of health, the director, the department, the
council, and the committee may monitor the implementation and
effectiveness of the governmental public health system based on the
Iowa public health standards.
2. Notwithstanding section 22.7 or any other provision of law,
local boards of health shall provide to the department and the
accrediting entity upon request all data and information necessary to
determine the local board's capacity to comply with the Iowa public
health standards, including but not limited to data and information
regarding governance, administration, communication and information
technology, workforce, personnel, staffing, budget, contracts, and
other program and agency information.
3. The department may share any data or information collected
pursuant to this section with the council or the committee as
necessary to perform the duties of the council and committee. Data
and information provided to the department under this section which
are confidential pursuant to section 22.7, subsection 2, 11, or 50,
section 139A.3, or other provision of law, remain confidential and
shall not be released by the department, the council, or the
committee.
4. During the pendency of the accreditation process, all
accreditation files and reports prepared for or maintained by the
accrediting entity are confidential and are not subject to discovery,
subpoena, or other means of legal compulsion for their release.
After the accrediting entity has issued its recommendation or report
only the preliminary drafts of the recommendation or report, and
records otherwise confidential pursuant to chapter 22 or other
provision of state or federal law, shall remain confidential and are
not subject to discovery, subpoena, or other means of legal
compulsion for their release.
5. To the extent possible, activities under this section shall be
coordinated with other health data collection systems including those
maintained by the department. Section History: Recent Form
2009 Acts, ch 182, §121, 126