141A.2 - LEAD AGENCY.
141A.2 LEAD AGENCY.
1. The department is designated as the lead agency in the
coordination and implementation of the Iowa comprehensive HIV plan.
2. The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to
implement and enforce this chapter. The rules may include procedures
for taking appropriate action with regard to health facilities or
health care providers which violate this chapter or the rules adopted
pursuant to this chapter.
3. The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A which
require that if a health care provider attending a person prior to
the person's death determines that the person suffered from or was
suspected of suffering from a contagious or infectious disease, the
health care provider shall place with the remains written
notification of the condition for the information of any person
handling the body of the deceased person subsequent to the person's
death. For purposes of this subsection, "contagious or infectious
disease" means hepatitis in any form, meningococcal disease,
tuberculosis, and any other disease including AIDS or HIV infection,
determined to be life-threatening to a person exposed to the disease
as established by rules adopted by the department based upon a
determination by the state epidemiologist and in accordance with
guidelines of the centers for disease control and prevention of the
United States department of health and human services.
4. The department shall provide consultation services to all care
providers, including paramedics, ambulance personnel, physicians,
nurses, hospital personnel, first responders, peace officers, and
fire fighters, who provide care services to a person, and to all
persons who attend dead bodies regarding standard precautions to
prevent the transmission of contagious and infectious diseases.
5. The department shall coordinate efforts with local health
officers to investigate sources of HIV infection and use every
appropriate means to prevent the spread of the infection.
6. The department, with the approval of the state board of
health, may conduct epidemiological blinded and nonblinded studies to
determine the incidence and prevalence of HIV infection. Initiation
of any new epidemiological studies shall be contingent upon the
receipt of funding sufficient to cover all the costs associated with
the studies. The informed consent, reporting, and counseling
requirements of this chapter shall not apply to blinded studies. Section History: Recent Form
99 Acts, ch 181, §6; 2007 Acts, ch 70, §3
Referred to in § 356.48