238.24 - INFORMATION CONFIDENTIAL -- EXCEPTIONS.
238.24 INFORMATION CONFIDENTIAL -- EXCEPTIONS.
1. Except as authorized by this section, a person who acquires
under this chapter or from the records provided for in this chapter,
information relative to any agency or relative to any individual
cared for by the agency or relative to any relative of the
individual, shall not directly or indirectly disclose the
information.
2. Disclosure of information acquired under this chapter or from
the records provided for in this chapter is authorized under any of
the following circumstances:
a. Disclosure made upon inquiry before a court of law, or
before some other tribunal, or for the information of the governor,
general assembly, medical examiners, administrator, Iowa department
of public health, or the local board of health in the jurisdiction
where the agency is located.
b. Disclosure may be made by the administrator to proper
persons as may be in the interest of a child cared for by the agency
or in the interest of the child's parents or foster parents and not
inimical to the child, or as may be necessary to protect the
interests of the child's prospective foster parents. However,
disclosure of termination and adoption records shall be governed by
the provisions of sections 600.16 and 600.16A.
c. Disclosure for purposes of statistical analysis performed
by duly authorized persons of data collected under this chapter or
the publication of the results of such analysis in such manner as
will not disclose confidential information. Section History: Early Form
[C27, 31, 35, § 3661-a81; C39, § 3661.095; C46, 50, 54, 58,
62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 238.24] Section History: Recent Form
92 Acts, ch 1196, § 2; 2002 Acts, ch 1102, §7