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139A.21 REPORTABLE POISONINGS AND ILLNESSES --
EMERGENCY INFORMATION SYSTEM.
1. If the results of an examination by a public, private, or
hospital clinical laboratory of a specimen from a person in Iowa
yield evidence of or are reactive for a reportable poisoning or a
reportable illness from a toxic agent, including methemoglobinemia,
the results shall be reported to the department on forms prescribed
by the department. If the laboratory is located in Iowa, the person
in charge of the laboratory shall report the results. If the
laboratory is not in Iowa, the health care provider submitting the
specimen shall report the results.
2. The health care provider attending a person infected with a
reportable poisoning or a reportable illness from a toxic agent,
including methemoglobinemia, shall immediately report the case to the
department. The department shall publish and distribute instructions
concerning the method of reporting. Reports shall be made in
accordance with rules adopted by the department.
3. A person in charge of a poison control information center
shall report to the department cases of reportable poisoning,
including methemoglobinemia, about which inquiries have been
received.
4. The department shall adopt rules designating reportable
poisonings, including methemoglobinemia, and illnesses which must be
reported under this section.
5. The department shall establish and maintain a central registry
to collect and store data reported pursuant to this section.
6. The department shall timely provide copies of all reports of
pesticide poisonings or illnesses received pursuant to this section
to the secretary of agriculture who shall timely forward these
reports and any reports of pesticide poisonings or illnesses received
pursuant to section 206.14 to the registrant of a pesticide which is
the subject of any reports.
7. The department shall adopt rules specifying the requirements
for the operation of an emergency information system operated by a
registrant pursuant to section 206.12, subsection 3, paragraph
"c", which shall not exceed requirements adopted by a poison
control center as defined in section 206.2. The rules shall specify
the qualifications of individuals staffing an emergency information
system and shall specify the maximum amount of time that a registrant
may take to provide the information to a poison control center or an
attending physician treating a patient exposed to the registrant's
product. Section History: Recent Form
2000 Acts, ch 1066, §21; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §49
Referred to in § 135.11, 206.12, 455E.11
