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        139A.3A  INVESTIGATION AND CONTROL.
         When the department receives a report under this chapter or acts
      on other reliable information that a person is infected with a
      disease, illness, or health condition that may be a potential cause
      of a public health disaster, the department shall identify all
      individuals reasonably believed to have been exposed to the disease,
      illness, or health condition and shall investigate all such cases for
      sources of infection and ensure that such cases are subject to proper
      control measures.  Any hospital, health care provider, or other
      person may provide information, interviews, reports, statements,
      memoranda, records, or other data related to the condition and
      treatment of any individual, if not otherwise prohibited by the
      federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996,
      Pub. L. No. 104-191, to the department to be used for the limited
      purpose of determining whether a public health disaster exists.

Section History: Recent Form

         2003 Acts, ch 33, §10, 11

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        139A.3A  INVESTIGATION AND CONTROL.
         When the department receives a report under this chapter or acts
      on other reliable information that a person is infected with a
      disease, illness, or health condition that may be a potential cause
      of a public health disaster, the department shall identify all
      individuals reasonably believed to have been exposed to the disease,
      illness, or health condition and shall investigate all such cases for
      sources of infection and ensure that such cases are subject to proper
      control measures.  Any hospital, health care provider, or other
      person may provide information, interviews, reports, statements,
      memoranda, records, or other data related to the condition and
      treatment of any individual, if not otherwise prohibited by the
      federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996,
      Pub. L. No. 104-191, to the department to be used for the limited
      purpose of determining whether a public health disaster exists.

Section History: Recent Form

         2003 Acts, ch 33, §10, 11

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        139A.3A  INVESTIGATION AND CONTROL.
         When the department receives a report under this chapter or acts
      on other reliable information that a person is infected with a
      disease, illness, or health condition that may be a potential cause
      of a public health disaster, the department shall identify all
      individuals reasonably believed to have been exposed to the disease,
      illness, or health condition and shall investigate all such cases for
      sources of infection and ensure that such cases are subject to proper
      control measures.  Any hospital, health care provider, or other
      person may provide information, interviews, reports, statements,
      memoranda, records, or other data related to the condition and
      treatment of any individual, if not otherwise prohibited by the
      federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996,
      Pub. L. No. 104-191, to the department to be used for the limited
      purpose of determining whether a public health disaster exists.

Section History: Recent Form

         2003 Acts, ch 33, §10, 11