356.48 Required test.
1. A person confined to a jail or in the custody of a peace officer, who bites another person, who causes an exchange of bodily fluids with another person, or who causes any bodily secretion to be cast upon another person, shall submit to the withdrawal of a bodily specimen for testing to determine if the person is infected with a contagious or infectious disease as defined in section 141A.2. The bodily specimen to be taken shall be determined by the attending physician of the jail or the county medical examiner. The specimen taken shall be sent to the state hygienic laboratory at the state university at Iowa City or some other laboratory approved by the Iowa department of public health. If a person to be tested pursuant to this section refuses to submit to the withdrawal of a bodily specimen, the sheriff, person in charge of the jail, or any potentially infected person may file an application with the district court for an order compelling the person that may have caused an infection to submit to the withdrawal and, if infected, to receive available treatment. An order authorizing the withdrawal of a specimen for testing may be issued only by a district judge or district associate judge upon application by the sheriff, person in charge of the jail, or any other potentially infected person.
2. A person who fails to comply with an order issued pursuant to this section is guilty of a serious misdemeanor.
3. Personnel at the jail shall be notified if a person confined is found to have a contagious or infectious disease.
4. The sheriff, person in charge of the jail, or any other potentially infected person shall take any appropriate measure to prevent the transmittal of a contagious or infectious disease to other persons. The sheriff or person in charge of the jail shall also segregate a confined person who tests positive for acquired immune deficiency syndrome from other confined persons.
5. For purposes of this section, “potentially infected person” includes a care provider as defined in section 139A.2.
87 Acts, ch 185, §2; 2005 Acts, ch 87, §1
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 356 - JAILS AND MUNICIPAL HOLDING FACILITIES
Section 356.3 - Minors separately confined.
Section 356.4 - Separation of men and women.
Section 356.5 - Keeper’s duty.
Section 356.6 - Sheriff’s duty.
Section 356.6A - Duty to inform about veteran services.
Section 356.7 - Charges for administrative costs and room and board — enforcement procedures.
Section 356.14 - Refractory prisoners.
Section 356.15A - Responsibility for payment of required medical aid.
Section 356.17 - Labor on public works.
Section 356.19 - Rules — labor not to be leased.
Section 356.20 - Violation of city ordinance.
Section 356.21 - Control and punishment.
Section 356.22 - Credit for labor.
Section 356.23 - Cruel treatment.
Section 356.24 - Protecting prisoners.
Section 356.25 - Annoyance of prisoner.
Section 356.26 - Leaving jail for certain purposes — intermittent sentencing — in-home detention.
Section 356.27 - Privilege expressly granted.
Section 356.29 - Wages or salary collected by sheriff.
Section 356.30 - Prisoner to pay for board — limitations.
Section 356.31 - Application of wages.
Section 356.32 - Employment in another county.
Section 356.33 - Orders of courts.
Section 356.34 - Support of dependents.
Section 356.35 - Suspension of privileges.
Section 356.36 - Jail standards.
Section 356.37 - Confinement and detention report — design proposals.
Section 356.43 - Inspection — hearing — remedial action — report.
Section 356.44 - Rules of sheriff.
Section 356.46 - Time off for good behavior.
Section 356.47 - Sentence suspended.