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139A.39 RELIGIOUS EXCEPTIONS.
A provision of this chapter shall not be construed to require or
compel any person to take or follow a course of medical treatment
prescribed by law or a health care provider if the person is an
adherent or member of a church or religious denomination and in
accordance with the tenets or principles of the person's church or
religious denomination the person opposes the specific course of
medical treatment. However, such person while in an infectious stage
of disease shall be subject to isolation and such other measures
appropriate for the prevention of the spread of the disease to other
persons. Section History: Recent Form
2000 Acts, ch 1066, §35
