Statutes > Iowa Statutes > Title 4 - Public Health > Subtitle 2 - Health-Related Activities > CHAPTER 139A - COMMUNICABLE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND POISONINGS > 139A.12 - COUNTY LIABILITY FOR CARE, PROVISIONS, AND MEDICAL ATTENDANCE.

139A.12 - COUNTY LIABILITY FOR CARE, PROVISIONS, AND MEDICAL ATTENDANCE.

        139A.12  COUNTY LIABILITY FOR CARE, PROVISIONS, AND
      MEDICAL ATTENDANCE.
         The local board shall provide proper care, provisions, and medical
      attendance for any person removed and isolated or quarantined in a
      separate house or hospital for detention and treatment, and the care,
      provisions, and medical attendance shall be paid for by the county in
      which the infected person has a legal settlement, if the patient or
      legal guardian is unable to pay.
         Section History: Recent Form
         2000 Acts, ch 1066, §12