1. A person shall not advertise for sale, offer for sale, or sell in this state a home testing kit for human immunodeficiency virus antibody or antigen testing. The Iowa department of public health, in consultation with the board, shall adopt rules to establish what constitutes a home testing kit for the purposes of this section.
2. A person who violates this section is guilty of a class "D" felony.
3. The board may seek relief pursuant to section 126.4 restraining any person from violating the provisions of this section. In addition to granting a temporary or permanent injunction, the court may impose a civil penalty not to exceed forty thousand dollars per violation of this section.
4. In addition to other remedies provided for in this chapter, the court may impose a civil penalty of not more than five thousand dollars for each day of intentional violation of a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, or permanent injunction issued under authority of this section.
5. The board may refer available evidence concerning a possible violation of this section to the attorney general. The attorney general, with or without such a referral, may institute appropriate criminal proceedings or may refer the case to the appropriate county attorney.
6. This section does not apply to a newspaper or other print medium in which the advertisement appears, or to a broadcast station or other electronic medium which disseminates the advertisement unless the medium knowingly violates this section. A person who sells home testing kits for human immunodeficiency virus antibody or antigen testing shall not cause advertising of the kits to appear in this state from a location outside this state where such advertising is not prohibited without prominently indicating in the advertisement that the sale of the kits is void in this state.
88 Acts, ch 1231, § 1
C89, § 203A.21
89 Acts, ch 197, § 26
CS89, § 203B.25
C93, § 126.25
97 Acts, ch 21, § 1
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