641—11.49 (139B,141) Contagious or infectious diseases, not including HIV—health care providers.
	 11.49(1) A health care provider may provide the notification required of hospitals in these rules to emergency care providers if a patient who has a contagious or infectious disease is transported by an emergency care provider to the office or clinic of a health care provider.
	 11.49(2) These rules do not require a health care provider to administer a test for the express purpose of determining the presence of a contagious or infectious disease.
	 11.49(3) Notification shall not include the name of the patient who has the contagious or infectious disease unless the patient gives written consent.
	 11.49(4) A health care provider’s duty of notification under these rules is not continuing, but is limited to a diagnosis of a contagious or infectious disease made in the course of care and treatment following the rendering of emergency assistance or treatment for which the notification requirements of these rules apply.