Iowa Admin. Code r. 641-138.7 - [Rescinded effective 7/1/2025] Confidentiality
(1) The data
collected by and furnished to the department pursuant to Iowa Code section
147A.26 are confidential records
of the condition, diagnosis, care, or treatment of patients or former patients,
including outpatients, and shall not be public record under Iowa Code chapter
22. The confidentiality of patients is to be protected, and the laws of this
state shall apply with regard to patient confidentiality.
(2) Proceedings, records, and reports
reviewed or developed pursuant to Iowa Code section
147A.24 constitute peer review
records under Iowa Code section
147.135 and are not subject to
discovery by subpoena or admissible as evidence. All information and documents
received from a hospital or emergency care facility under Iowa Code chapter
147A shall be confidential pursuant to Iowa Code section
272C.6(4).
(3) TSAC or subcommittees of TSAC may enter
into closed session proceeding pursuant to Iowa Code section
21.5.
(4) All council and subcommittee members
shall sign a confidentiality agreement not to divulge or discuss information
obtained during a TSAC or subcommittee closed session proceeding. The signed
confidentiality statements shall be kept on file at the department.
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(1) The data collected by and furnished to the department pursuant to Iowa Code section 147A.26 are confidential records of the condition, diagnosis, care, or treatment of patients or former patients, including outpatients, and shall not be public record under Iowa Code chapter 22. The confidentiality of patients is to be protected, and the laws of this state shall apply with regard to patient confidentiality.
(2) Proceedings, records, and reports reviewed or developed pursuant to Iowa Code section 147A.24 constitute peer review records under Iowa Code section 147.135 and are not subject to discovery by subpoena or admissible as evidence. All information and documents received from a hospital or emergency care facility under Iowa Code chapter 147A shall be confidential pursuant to Iowa Code section 272C.6(4).
(3) TSAC or subcommittees of TSAC may enter into closed session proceeding pursuant to Iowa Code section 21.5.
(4) All council and subcommittee members shall sign a confidentiality agreement not to divulge or discuss information obtained during a TSAC or subcommittee closed session proceeding. The signed confidentiality statements shall be kept on file at the department .