The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to implement and enforce this subchapter. The rules may include procedures for taking appropriate action with regard to health facilities or health care providers which violate this subchapter or the rules adopted pursuant to this subchapter.
The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A which require that if a health care provider attending a person prior to the person's death determines that the person suffered from or was suspected of suffering from a contagious or infectious disease, the health care provider shall place with the remains written notification of the condition for the information of any person handling the body of the deceased person subsequent to the person's death.
The department, in cooperation with the department of public safety, and persons who represent those who attend dead bodies shall establish for all emergency medical providers including paramedics, ambulance personnel, physicians, nurses, hospital personnel, first responders, peace officers, or firefighters, who provide emergency care services to a person, and shall establish for all persons who attend dead bodies, protocol and procedures for the use of universal precautions to prevent the transmission of contagious and infectious diseases.
88 Acts, ch 1234, §5
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