1. State and local health officers shall investigate sources of human immunodeficiency virus infection and shall use every appropriate means to prevent the spread of the disease.
2. The Iowa department of public health shall do all of the following:
a. Provide consultation to agencies and organizations regarding appropriate policies for testing, education, confidentiality, and infection control.
b. Conduct health information programs for the public relating to human immunodeficiency virus infection, including information about how the infection is transmitted and can be prevented. The department shall prepare, for free distribution, printed information relating to human immunodeficiency virus infection and prevention.
c. Provide educational programs concerning human immunodeficiency virus infection in the workplace.
d. Develop and implement human immunodeficiency virus education risk-reduction programs for specific populations at high risk for infection.
e. In cooperation with the department of education, develop and update a medically correct acquired immune deficiency syndrome prevention curriculum for use at the discretion of secondary and middle schools.
School districts shall provide every elementary and secondary school student, with parental consent, education concerning human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome and its prevention.
88 Acts, ch 1224, §10
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