135B.12 - CONFIDENTIALITY.

        135B.12  CONFIDENTIALITY.
         The department's final findings or the final survey findings of
      the joint commission on the accreditation of health care
      organizations or the American osteopathic association with respect to
      compliance by a hospital with requirements for licensing or
      accreditation shall be made available to the public in a readily
      available form and place.  Other information relating to a hospital
      obtained by the department which does not constitute the department's
      findings from an inspection of the hospital or the final survey
      findings of the joint commission on the accreditation of health care
      organizations or the American osteopathic association shall not be
      made available to the public, except in proceedings involving the
      denial, suspension, or revocation of a license under this chapter.
      The name of a person who files a complaint with the department shall
      remain confidential and shall not be subject to discovery, subpoena,
      or other means of legal compulsion for its release to a person other
      than department employees or agents involved in the investigation of
      the complaint.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 135B.12] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         88 Acts, ch 1249, §2; 90 Acts, ch 1204, § 10; 91 Acts, ch 107, §2