356.48 - REQUIRED TEST.

        356.48  REQUIRED TEST.         1.  A person confined to a jail or in the custody of a peace      officer, who bites another person, who causes an exchange of bodily      fluids with another person, or who causes any bodily secretion to be      cast upon another person, shall submit to the withdrawal of a bodily      specimen for testing to determine if the person is infected with a      contagious or infectious disease as defined in section 141A.2.  The      bodily specimen to be taken shall be determined by the attending      physician of the jail or the county medical examiner.  The specimen      taken shall be sent to the state hygienic laboratory at the state      university at Iowa City or some other laboratory approved by the Iowa      department of public health.  If a person to be tested pursuant to      this section refuses to submit to the withdrawal of a bodily      specimen, the sheriff, person in charge of the jail, or any      potentially infected person may file an application with the district      court for an order compelling the person that may have caused an      infection to submit to the withdrawal and, if infected, to receive      available treatment.  An order authorizing the withdrawal of a      specimen for testing may be issued only by a district judge or      district associate judge upon application by the sheriff, person in      charge of the jail, or any other potentially infected person.         2.  A person who fails to comply with an order issued pursuant to      this section is guilty of a serious misdemeanor.         3.  Personnel at the jail shall be notified if a person confined      is found to have a contagious or infectious disease.         4.  The sheriff, person in charge of the jail, or any other      potentially infected person shall take any appropriate measure to      prevent the transmittal of a contagious or infectious disease to      other persons.  The sheriff or person in charge of the jail shall      also segregate a confined person who tests positive for acquired      immune deficiency syndrome from other confined persons.         5.  For purposes of this section, "potentially infected      person" includes a care provider as defined in section 139A.2.  
        &sp;Section History: Recent Form
         87 Acts, ch 185, §2; 2005 Acts, ch 87, §1