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29 6. An individual on duty at an institutional
30 health facility who assumes custody of a newborn
31 infant upon the release of the newborn infant under
32 subsection 1 shall be provided notice of any hearing
33 held concerning the newborn infant at the same time
34 notice is provided to other parties to the hearing and
35 the individual may provide testimony at the hearing.
36 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 232B.3 IMMUNITY.
37 Any person authorized by the parent to assist with
38 release of custody in accordance with section 232B.2
39 by relinquishing physical custody of the newborn
40 infant or to otherwise act on the parent's behalf is
41 immune from criminal prosecution for abandonment or
42 neglect of the newborn infant under section 726.3 or
43 726.6 and civil liability for any reasonable acts or
44 omissions made in good faith in assisting with the
45 release.
46 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION. 232B.4 RIGHTS OF PARENTS.
47 Either parent of a newborn infant whose custody was
48 released in accordance with section 232B.2, may
49 intervene in the child in need of assistance or
50 termination of parental rights proceedings held
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1 regarding the newborn infant and request that the
2 juvenile court grant custody of the newborn infant to
3 the parent. The requester must show by clear and
4 convincing evidence that the requester is the parent
5 of the newborn infant. If the court determines that
6 the requester is the parent of the newborn infant and
7 that granting custody of the newborn infant to the
8 parent is in the newborn infant's best interest, the
9 court shall issue an order granting custody of the
10 newborn infant to the parent. In addition to such
11 order, the court may order services for the newborn
12 infant and the parent as are in the best interest of
13 the newborn infant.
14 Sec. 5. NEW SECTION. 232B.5 CONFIDENTIALITY
15 PROTECTIONS.
16 1. In addition to any other privacy protection
17 established in law, a record that is developed,
18 acquired, or held in connection with an individual's
19 good faith effort to voluntarily release a newborn
20 infant in accordance with this chapter and any
21 identifying information concerning the individual
22 shall be kept confidential. Such record shall not be
23 inspected or the contents disclosed except as provided
24 in this section.
25 2. A record described in subsection 1 may be
26 inspected and the contents disclosed without court
27 order to the following:
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