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233.6 EDUCATIONAL AND PUBLIC INFORMATION.
The department of human services, in consultation with the Iowa
department of public health and the department of justice, shall
develop and distribute the following:
1. An information card or other publication for distribution by
an institutional health facility to a parent who releases custody of
a newborn infant in accordance with this chapter. The publication
shall inform the parent of a parent's rights under section 233.4,
explain the request for medical history information under section
233.2, subsection 2, and provide other information deemed pertinent
by the departments.
2. Educational materials, public information announcements, and
other resources to develop awareness of the availability of the
newborn safe haven Act among adolescents, young parents, and others
who might avail themselves of this chapter.
3. Signage that may be used to identify the institutional health
facilities at which physical custody of a newborn infant may be
relinquished in accordance with this chapter. Section History: Recent Form
2001 Acts, ch 67, §6, 13; 2002 Acts, ch 1119, §34
