139A.2 DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise
requires:
1. "Area quarantine" means prohibiting ingress and egress to
and from a building or buildings, structure or structures, or other
definable physical location, or portion thereof, to prevent or
contain the spread of a suspected or confirmed quarantinable disease
or to prevent or contain exposure to a suspected or known chemical,
biological, radioactive, or other hazardous or toxic agent.
2. "Business" means and includes every trade, occupation, or
profession.
3. "Care provider" means an individual who is trained and
authorized by federal or state law to provide health care services or
services of any kind in the course of the individual's official
duties, for compensation or in a voluntary capacity, who is a health
care provider, emergency medical care provider as defined in section
147A.1, fire fighter, or peace officer. "Care provider" also
means an individual who renders emergency care or assistance in an
emergency or due to an accident as described in section 613.17.
4. "Communicable disease" means any disease spread from
person to person or animal to person.
5. "Contagious or infectious disease" means hepatitis in any
form, meningococcal disease, tuberculosis, and any other disease,
with the exception of AIDS or HIV infection as defined in section
141A.1, determined to be life-threatening to a person exposed to the
disease as established by rules adopted by the department, based upon
a determination by the state epidemiologist and in accordance with
guidelines of the centers for disease control and prevention of the
United States department of health and human services.
6. "Department" means the Iowa department of public health.
7. "Designated officer" means a person who is designated by a
department, agency, division, or service organization to act as an
infection control liaison officer.
8. "Exposure" means the risk of contracting disease as
determined by the centers for disease control and prevention of the
United States department of health and human services and adopted by
rule of the department.
9. "Exposure-prone procedure" means a procedure performed by
a health care provider which presents a recognized risk of
percutaneous injury to the health care provider and if such an injury
occurs, the health care provider's blood is likely to contact a
patient's body cavity, subcutaneous tissues, or mucous membranes, or
an exposure-prone procedure as defined by the centers for disease
control and prevention of the United States department of health and
human services.
10. "HBV" means hepatitis B virus.
11. "Health care facility" means a health care facility as
defined in section 135C.1, an ambulatory surgical center, or a
clinic.
12. "Health care provider" means a person licensed to
practice medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery,
chiropractic, podiatry, nursing, dentistry, optometry, or as a
physician assistant, dental hygienist, or acupuncturist.
13. "HIV" means HIV as defined in section 141A.1.
14. "Hospital" means hospital as defined in section 135B.1.
15. "Isolation" means the separation of persons or animals
presumably or actually infected with a communicable disease or who
are disease carriers for the usual period of communicability of that
disease in such places, marked by placards if necessary, and under
such conditions as will prevent the direct or indirect conveyance of
the infectious agent or contagion to susceptible persons.
16. "Local board" means the local board of health.
17. "Local department" means the local health department.
18. "Placard" means a warning sign to be erected and
displayed on the periphery of a quarantine area, forbidding entry to
or exit from the area.
19. "Public health disaster" means public health disaster as
defined in section 135.140.
20. "Quarantinable disease" means any communicable disease
designated by rule adopted by the department as requiring quarantine
or isolation to prevent its spread.
21. "Quarantine" means the limitation of freedom of movement
of persons or animals that have been exposed to a quarantinable
disease within specified limits marked by placards for a period of
time equal to the longest usual incubation period of the disease in
such manner as to prevent the spread of a quarantinable disease which
affects people.
22. "Reportable disease" means any disease designated by rule
adopted by the department requiring its occurrence to be reported to
an appropriate authority.
23. "Sexually transmitted disease or infection" means a
disease or infection as identified by rules adopted by the
department, based upon a determination by the state epidemiologist
and in accordance with guidelines of the centers for disease control
and prevention of the United States department of health and human
services.
24. "Terminal cleaning" means cleaning procedures defined in
the isolation guidelines issued by the centers for disease control
and prevention of the United States department of health and human
services.
139A.2 DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise
requires:
1. "Area quarantine" means prohibiting ingress and egress to
and from a building or buildings, structure or structures, or other
definable physical location, or portion thereof, to prevent or
contain the spread of a suspected or confirmed quarantinable disease
or to prevent or contain exposure to a suspected or known chemical,
biological, radioactive, or other hazardous or toxic agent.
2. "Business" means and includes every trade, occupation, or
profession.
3. "Care provider" means an individual who is trained and
authorized by federal or state law to provide health care services or
services of any kind in the course of the individual's official
duties, for compensation or in a voluntary capacity, who is a health
care provider, emergency medical care provider as defined in section
147A.1, fire fighter, or peace officer. "Care provider" also
means an individual who renders emergency care or assistance in an
emergency or due to an accident as described in section 613.17.
4. "Communicable disease" means any disease spread from
person to person or animal to person.
5. "Contagious or infectious disease" means hepatitis in any
form, meningococcal disease, tuberculosis, and any other disease,
with the exception of AIDS or HIV infection as defined in section
141A.1, determined to be life-threatening to a person exposed to the
disease as established by rules adopted by the department, based upon
a determination by the state epidemiologist and in accordance with
guidelines of the centers for disease control and prevention of the
United States department of health and human services.
6. "Department" means the Iowa department of public health.
7. "Designated officer" means a person who is designated by a
department, agency, division, or service organization to act as an
infection control liaison officer.
8. "Exposure" means the risk of contracting disease as
determined by the centers for disease control and prevention of the
United States department of health and human services and adopted by
rule of the department.
9. "Exposure-prone procedure" means a procedure performed by
a health care provider which presents a recognized risk of
percutaneous injury to the health care provider and if such an injury
occurs, the health care provider's blood is likely to contact a
patient's body cavity, subcutaneous tissues, or mucous membranes, or
an exposure-prone procedure as defined by the centers for disease
control and prevention of the United States department of health and
human services.
10. "HBV" means hepatitis B virus.
11. "Health care facility" means a health care facility as
defined in section 135C.1, an ambulatory surgical center, or a
clinic.
12. "Health care provider" means a person licensed to
practice medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery,
chiropractic, podiatry, nursing, dentistry, optometry, or as a
physician assistant, dental hygienist, or acupuncturist.
13. "HIV" means HIV as defined in section 141A.1.
14. "Hospital" means hospital as defined in section 135B.1.
15. "Isolation" means the separation of persons or animals
presumably or actually infected with a communicable disease or who
are disease carriers for the usual period of communicability of that
disease in such places, marked by placards if necessary, and under
such conditions as will prevent the direct or indirect conveyance of
the infectious agent or contagion to susceptible persons.
16. "Local board" means the local board of health.
17. "Local department" means the local health department.
18. "Placard" means a warning sign to be erected and
displayed on the periphery of a quarantine area, forbidding entry to
or exit from the area.
19. "Public health disaster" means public health disaster as
defined in section 135.140.
20. "Quarantinable disease" means any communicable disease
designated by rule adopted by the department as requiring quarantine
or isolation to prevent its spread.
21. "Quarantine" means the limitation of freedom of movement
of persons or animals that have been exposed to a quarantinable
disease within specified limits marked by placards for a period of
time equal to the longest usual incubation period of the disease in
such manner as to prevent the spread of a quarantinable disease which
affects people.
22. "Reportable disease" means any disease designated by rule
adopted by the department requiring its occurrence to be reported to
an appropriate authority.
23. "Sexually transmitted disease or infection" means a
disease or infection as identified by rules adopted by the
department, based upon a determination by the state epidemiologist
and in accordance with guidelines of the centers for disease control
and prevention of the United States department of health and human
services.
24. "Terminal cleaning" means cleaning procedures defined in
the isolation guidelines issued by the centers for disease control
and prevention of the United States department of health and human
services.
139A.2 DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise
requires:
1. "Area quarantine" means prohibiting ingress and egress to
and from a building or buildings, structure or structures, or other
definable physical location, or portion thereof, to prevent or
contain the spread of a suspected or confirmed quarantinable disease
or to prevent or contain exposure to a suspected or known chemical,
biological, radioactive, or other hazardous or toxic agent.
2. "Business" means and includes every trade, occupation, or
profession.
3. "Care provider" means an individual who is trained and
authorized by federal or state law to provide health care services or
services of any kind in the course of the individual's official
duties, for compensation or in a voluntary capacity, who is a health
care provider, emergency medical care provider as defined in section
147A.1, fire fighter, or peace officer. "Care provider" also
means an individual who renders emergency care or assistance in an
emergency or due to an accident as described in section 613.17.
4. "Communicable disease" means any disease spread from
person to person or animal to person.
5. "Contagious or infectious disease" means hepatitis in any
form, meningococcal disease, tuberculosis, and any other disease,
with the exception of AIDS or HIV infection as defined in section
141A.1, determined to be life-threatening to a person exposed to the
disease as established by rules adopted by the department, based upon
a determination by the state epidemiologist and in accordance with
guidelines of the centers for disease control and prevention of the
United States department of health and human services.
6. "Department" means the Iowa department of public health.
7. "Designated officer" means a person who is designated by a
department, agency, division, or service organization to act as an
infection control liaison officer.
8. "Exposure" means the risk of contracting disease as
determined by the centers for disease control and prevention of the
United States department of health and human services and adopted by
rule of the department.
9. "Exposure-prone procedure" means a procedure performed by
a health care provider which presents a recognized risk of
percutaneous injury to the health care provider and if such an injury
occurs, the health care provider's blood is likely to contact a
patient's body cavity, subcutaneous tissues, or mucous membranes, or
an exposure-prone procedure as defined by the centers for disease
control and prevention of the United States department of health and
human services.
10. "HBV" means hepatitis B virus.
11. "Health care facility" means a health care facility as
defined in section 135C.1, an ambulatory surgical center, or a
clinic.
12. "Health care provider" means a person licensed to
practice medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery,
chiropractic, podiatry, nursing, dentistry, optometry, or as a
physician assistant, dental hygienist, or acupuncturist.
13. "HIV" means HIV as defined in section 141A.1.
14. "Hospital" means hospital as defined in section 135B.1.
15. "Isolation" means the separation of persons or animals
presumably or actually infected with a communicable disease or who
are disease carriers for the usual period of communicability of that
disease in such places, marked by placards if necessary, and under
such conditions as will prevent the direct or indirect conveyance of
the infectious agent or contagion to susceptible persons.
16. "Local board" means the local board of health.
17. "Local department" means the local health department.
18. "Placard" means a warning sign to be erected and
displayed on the periphery of a quarantine area, forbidding entry to
or exit from the area.
19. "Public health disaster" means public health disaster as
defined in section 135.140.
20. "Quarantinable disease" means any communicable disease
designated by rule adopted by the department as requiring quarantine
or isolation to prevent its spread.
21. "Quarantine" means the limitation of freedom of movement
of persons or animals that have been exposed to a quarantinable
disease within specified limits marked by placards for a period of
time equal to the longest usual incubation period of the disease in
such manner as to prevent the spread of a quarantinable disease which
affects people.
22. "Reportable disease" means any disease designated by rule
adopted by the department requiring its occurrence to be reported to
an appropriate authority.
23. "Sexually transmitted disease or infection" means a
disease or infection as identified by rules adopted by the
department, based upon a determination by the state epidemiologist
and in accordance with guidelines of the centers for disease control
and prevention of the United States department of health and human
services.
24. "Terminal cleaning" means cleaning procedures defined in
the isolation guidelines issued by the centers for disease control
and prevention of the United States department of health and human
services.
