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139A.31 REPORT TO DEPARTMENT.
Immediately after the first examination or treatment of any person
infected with any sexually transmitted disease or infection, the
health care provider who performed the examination or treatment shall
transmit to the department a report stating the name of the infected
person, the address of the infected person, the infected person's
date of birth, the sex of the infected person, the race and ethnicity
of the infected person, the infected person's marital status, the
infected person's telephone number, if the infected person is female,
whether the infected person is pregnant, the name and address of the
laboratory that performed the test, the date the test was found to be
positive and the collection date, and the name of the health care
provider who performed the test. However, when a case occurs within
the jurisdiction of a local health department, the report shall be
made directly to the local health department which shall immediately
forward the information to the department. Reports shall be made in
accordance with rules adopted by the department. Reports shall be
confidential. Any person filing a report of a sexually transmitted
disease or infection who is acting reasonably and in good faith is
immune from any liability, civil or criminal, which might otherwise
be incurred or imposed as a result of such report. Section History: Recent Form
2000 Acts, ch 1066, §27
