Iowa Administrative Code
Agency 641 - Public Health Department
Chapter 1 - Reportable Diseases, Poisonings and Conditions, and Quarantine and Isolation
Rule 641-1.7 - Confidentiality
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 6, September 18, 2024
Reportable disease records and information, with the exception of AIDS and HIV records, that identify a person or a business named in a report may be disclosed under the following limited circumstances:
(1) By and between department employees and agents who have a need for the record in the performance of their duties.
(2) By and between department employees and agents and local boards of health and local health departments as necessary to conduct disease surveillance and investigation, to the extent necessary to protect the health or life of the named party, or to enforce a department order or an order of a local board of health.
(3) By and between department employees and agents and health care providers, laboratories, and hospitals as necessary to conduct disease surveillance or an investigation, to the extent necessary to protect the health or life of the named party, or to enforce a department order or an order of a local board of health.
(4) By and between department employees and agents and employees and agents of federal, state, and local agencies as necessary to conduct disease surveillance or an investigation or to enforce a department order or an order of a local board of health.
(5) By and between department employees and agents and employees and agents of tribes and tribal public health authorities as necessary to conduct disease surveillance or an investigation or to enforce a department order or an order of a local board of health.
(6) Reportable disease information may be included in an isolation or quarantine order or placard as necessary to prevent the spread of a quarantinable disease.
