135B.12 Confidentiality.
The department’s final findings or the final survey findings of the joint commission on the accreditation of health care organizations or the American osteopathic association with respect to compliance by a hospital with requirements for licensing or accreditation shall be made available to the public in a readily available form and place. Other information relating to a hospital obtained by the department which does not constitute the department’s findings from an inspection of the hospital or the final survey findings of the joint commission on the accreditation of health care organizations or the American osteopathic association shall not be made available to the public, except in proceedings involving the denial, suspension, or revocation of a license under this chapter. The name of a person who files a complaint with the department shall remain confidential and shall not be subject to discovery, subpoena, or other means of legal compulsion for its release to a person other than department employees or agents involved in the investigation of the complaint.
[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §135B.12]
88 Acts, ch 1249, §2; 90 Acts, ch 1204, §10; 91 Acts, ch 107, §2
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 135B - LICENSURE AND REGULATION OF HOSPITALS
Section 135B.4 - Application for license.
Section 135B.5 - Issuance and renewal of license.
Section 135B.5A - Conversion of a hospital.
Section 135B.6 - Denial, suspension, or revocation of license — hearings and review.
Section 135B.7 - Rules and enforcement.
Section 135B.7A - Procedures — orders.
Section 135B.8 - Effective date of rules.
Section 135B.10 - Hospital licensing board.
Section 135B.11 - Functions of hospital licensing board — compensation.
Section 135B.12 - Confidentiality.
Section 135B.13 - Annual report of department.
Section 135B.14 - Judicial review.
Section 135B.17 - Construction.
Section 135B.18 - County care facilities exempted.
Section 135B.18A - Universal newborn and infant hearing screening.
Section 135B.19 - Title of subchapter.
Section 135B.20 - Definitions.
Section 135B.21 - Functions of hospital.
Section 135B.22 - Character of services.
Section 135B.23 - Agreement with doctor.
Section 135B.25 - Hiring and dismissal of technicians.
Section 135B.26 - Compensation.
Section 135B.27 - Admission agreement.
Section 135B.28 - Hospital bill.
Section 135B.30 - Radiology and pathology fees.
Section 135B.32 - Construction.
Section 135B.33 - Technical assistance — plan — grants.
Section 135B.34 - Hospital employees — criminal history and abuse record checks — penalty.
Section 135B.35 - Pediatric congenital heart surgery — public reporting of data — patient education.