141A.1 - DEFINITIONS.
141A.1 DEFINITIONS.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "AIDS" means acquired immune deficiency syndrome as
defined by the centers for disease control and prevention of the
United States department of health and human services.
2. "AIDS-related conditions" means any condition resulting
from the human immunodeficiency virus infection that meets the
definition of AIDS as established by the centers for disease control
and prevention of the United States department of health and human
services.
3. "Blinded epidemiological studies" means studies in which
specimens which were collected for other purposes are selected
according to established criteria, are permanently stripped of
personal identifiers, and are then tested.
4. "Blood bank" means a facility for the collection,
processing, or storage of human blood or blood derivatives, including
blood plasma, or from which or by means of which human blood or blood
derivatives are distributed or otherwise made available.
5. "Care provider" means an individual who is trained and
authorized by federal or state law to provide health care services or
services of any kind in the course of the individual's official
duties, for compensation or in a voluntary capacity, who is a health
care provider, emergency medical care provider as defined in section
147A.1, fire fighter, or peace officer. "Care provider" also
means an individual who renders emergency care or assistance in an
emergency or due to an accident as described in section 613.17.
6. "Department" means the Iowa department of public health.
7. "Good faith" means objectively reasonable and not in
violation of clearly established statutory rights or other rights of
a person which a reasonable person would know or should have known.
8. "Health care provider" means a person licensed to practice
medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery, chiropractic,
podiatry, nursing, dentistry, or optometry, or as a physician
assistant, dental hygienist, or acupuncturist.
9. "Health facility" means a hospital, health care facility,
clinic, blood bank, blood center, sperm bank, laboratory organ
transplant center and procurement agency, or other health care
institution.
10. "HIV" means the human immunodeficiency virus identified
as the causative agent of AIDS.
11. "HIV-related condition" means any condition resulting
from the human immunodeficiency virus infection.
12. "HIV-related test" means a diagnostic test conducted by a
laboratory approved pursuant to the federal Clinical Laboratory
Improvement Amendments for determining the presence of HIV or
antibodies to HIV.
13. "Infectious bodily fluids" means bodily fluids capable of
transmitting HIV infection as determined by the centers for disease
control and prevention of the United States department of health and
human services and adopted by rule of the department.
14. "Legal guardian" means a person appointed by a court
pursuant to chapter 633 or an attorney in fact as defined in section
144B.1. In the case of a minor, "legal guardian" also means a
parent or other person responsible for the care of the minor.
15. "Nonblinded epidemiological studies" means studies in
which specimens are collected for the express purpose of testing for
the HIV infection and persons included in the nonblinded study are
selected according to established criteria.
16. "Release of test results" means a written authorization
for disclosure of HIV-related test results which is signed and dated,
and which specifies to whom disclosure is authorized and the time
period during which the release is to be effective.
17. "Sample" means a human specimen obtained for the purpose
of conducting an HIV-related test.
18. "Significant exposure" means the risk of contracting HIV
infection by means of exposure to a person's infectious bodily fluids
in a manner capable of transmitting HIV infection as determined by
the centers for disease control and prevention of the United States
department of health and human services and adopted by rule of the
department. Section History: Recent Form
99 Acts, ch 181, §5; 2001 Acts, ch 157, §5, 6; 2007 Acts, ch 70,
§1, 2; 2008 Acts, ch 1088, §92
Referred to in § 139A.2, 279.50, 411.1