1. Prior to withdrawing blood for the purpose of performing a human immunodeficiency virus-related test, the physician or other practitioner shall inform the subject of the test that the test is voluntary. Within seven days after the testing of a person with a test result indicating human immunodeficiency virus infection which has been confirmed as positive according to prevailing medical technology, the physician or other practitioner at whose request the test was performed shall make a report to the Iowa department of public health on a form provided by the department.
2. Within seven days of diagnosing a person as having an AIDS-related condition, the diagnosing physician shall make a report to the Iowa department of public health on a form provided by the department.
3. Within seven days of the death of a person resulting from an AIDS-related condition, the attending physician shall make a report to the Iowa department of public health on a form provided by the department.
4. Within seven days of the testing of a person with a test result indicating human immunodeficiency virus infection, the director of a blood plasma center or blood bank shall make a report to the Iowa department of public health on a form provided by the department.
5. Within seven days of the testing of a person with a test result indicating human immunodeficiency virus infection which has been confirmed as positive according to prevailing medical technology, the director of a clinical laboratory shall make a report to the Iowa department of public health stating the person's name or a confidential form of identification known only to the physician or other health practitioner requesting the test and the name and address of the physician or other health care practitioner requesting the test.
6. a. The forms provided by the department shall require inclusion of all of the following information:
b. The patient shall be provided with information regarding the confidentiality measures followed by the department and may request that the department maintain the patient's confidential file for the inclusion of the patient in research or treatment programs.
c. The department shall develop an informational brochure for patients who may have blood withdrawn for the purpose of performing an HIV test. The information, at a minimum, shall include a summary of the patient's rights and responsibilities under the law.
(1) The name of the patient.
(2) The address of the patient.
(3) The patient's date of birth.
(4) The sex of the patient.
(5) The race or ethnicity of the patient.
(6) The patient's marital status.
(7) The patient's telephone number.
(8) The name and address of the laboratory, plasma center, or blood center.
(9) The date the test was found to be positive and the collection date.
(10) The name of the physician or medical provider who performed the test.
(11) If the patient is female, whether the patient is pregnant.
88 Acts, ch 1224, §9; 98 Acts, ch 1187, §3
Referred to in § 141.10, 141.23A
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