Statutes > Iowa Statutes > Title 4 - Public Health > Subtitle 2 - Health-Related Activities > CHAPTER 139A - COMMUNICABLE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND POISONINGS > 139A.4 - TYPE AND LENGTH OF ISOLATION OR QUARANTINE.

139A.4 - TYPE AND LENGTH OF ISOLATION OR QUARANTINE.

        139A.4  TYPE AND LENGTH OF ISOLATION OR QUARANTINE.
         1.  The type and length of isolation or quarantine imposed for a
      specific communicable disease shall be in accordance with rules
      adopted by the department.
         2.  The department and the local boards may impose and enforce
      isolation and quarantine restrictions.
         3.  The department shall adopt rules governing terminal cleaning.

         4.  The department and local boards may impose and enforce area
      quarantine restrictions according to rules adopted by the department.
      Area quarantine shall be imposed by the least restrictive means
      necessary to prevent or contain the spread of the suspected or
      confirmed quarantinable disease or suspected or known hazardous or
      toxic agent.
         Section History: Recent Form
         2000 Acts, ch 1066, §4; 2006 Acts, ch 1079, §5