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