135H.13 - INFORMATION CONFIDENTIAL.
135H.13 INFORMATION CONFIDENTIAL.
1. The department's final findings and the survey findings of the
joint commission on the accreditation of health care organizations
regarding licensure or program accreditation shall be made available
to the public in a readily available form and place. Other
information relating to the psychiatric institution is confidential
and shall not be made available to the public except in proceedings
involving licensure, a civil suit involving a resident, or an
administrative action involving a resident.
2. The name of a person who files a complaint with the department
shall remain confidential and is not subject to discovery, subpoena,
or any other means of legal compulsion for release to a person other
than an employee of the department or an agent involved in the
investigation of the complaint.
3. Information regarding a resident who has received or is
receiving care shall not be disclosed directly or indirectly except
as authorized under section 217.30, 232.69, or 237.21. Section History: Recent Form
89 Acts, ch 283, § 14