139A.3A - INVESTIGATION AND CONTROL.
139A.3A INVESTIGATION AND CONTROL.
When the department receives a report under this chapter or acts
on other reliable information that a person is infected with a
disease, illness, or health condition that may be a potential cause
of a public health disaster, the department shall identify all
individuals reasonably believed to have been exposed to the disease,
illness, or health condition and shall investigate all such cases for
sources of infection and ensure that such cases are subject to proper
control measures. Any hospital, health care provider, or other
person may provide information, interviews, reports, statements,
memoranda, records, or other data related to the condition and
treatment of any individual, if not otherwise prohibited by the
federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996,
Pub. L. No. 104-191, to the department to be used for the limited
purpose of determining whether a public health disaster exists. Section History: Recent Form
2003 Acts, ch 33, §10, 11