905.15  Required test.
  1.  For purposes of this section, “infectious disease” means any infectious condition, which if spread by contamination, would place others at a serious health risk.
  2.  A person under supervision of a district department, who assaults another person as defined in section 708.1, by biting, casting bodily fluids, or acting in a manner that results in the exchange of bodily fluids, shall submit to the withdrawal of a bodily specimen for testing to determine if the person is infected with a contagious infectious disease. The bodily specimen to be taken shall be determined by a physician. The specimen taken shall be sent to the state hygienic laboratory at the state university at Iowa City or some other laboratory approved by the department of public health. If a person to be tested pursuant to this section refuses to submit to the withdrawal of a bodily specimen, application may be made by the director to the district court for an order compelling the person to submit to the withdrawal and, if infected, to available treatment. An order authorizing the withdrawal of a specimen for testing may be issued only by a district judge or district associate judge upon application by the director.
  3.  Failure to comply with an order issued pursuant to this section may result in revocation of probation, parole, or work release.
  4.  Personnel at an institution under the control of the department of corrections or of a residential facility operated by a judicial district department of correctional services shall be notified if a person committed to any of these institutions is found to have a contagious infectious disease.
  5.  The district department in cooperation with the department of corrections shall adopt policies and procedures to prevent the transmittal of a contagious infectious disease to other persons.
2010 Acts, ch 1052, §1