Iowa Code 235A.17 – Redissemination of child abuse information
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1. A person, agency, or other recipient of child abuse information authorized to receive such information shall not redisseminate such information, except that redissemination shall be permitted when all of the following conditions apply:
a. The redissemination is for official purposes in connection with prescribed duties or, in the case of a health practitioner, pursuant to professional responsibilities.
b. The person to whom such information would be redisseminated would have independent access to the same information under section 235A.15.
c. A written record is made of the redissemination, including the name of the recipient and the date and purpose of the redissemination.
d. The written record is forwarded to the registry within thirty days of the redissemination.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 235A.17
- Child: includes but shall not be limited to a stepchild, foster child, or legally adopted child and means a child actually or apparently under eighteen years of age, and a dependent person eighteen years of age or over who is unable to maintain the person's self and is likely to become a public charge. See Iowa Code 252A.2
- Child abuse information: means any or all of the following data maintained by the department in a manual or automated data storage system and individually identified:a. See Iowa Code 235A.13
- Confidentiality: means the withholding of information from any manner of communication, public or private. See Iowa Code 235A.13
- Court: shall mean and include any court upon which jurisdiction has been conferred to determine the liability of persons for the support of dependents. See Iowa Code 252A.2
- Department: means the department of health and human services. See Iowa Code 235A.13
- Department: means the department of health and human services. See Iowa Code 249L.2
- Disposition data: means information pertaining to an opinion or decision as to the occurrence of child abuse, including:
a. See Iowa Code 235A.13- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- person: means individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Report data: means any of the following information pertaining to an assessment of an allegation of child abuse in which the department has determined the alleged child abuse meets the definition of child abuse:
a. See Iowa Code 235A.13- Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
2. The department may notify orally the mandatory reporter in an individual child abuse case of the results of the case assessment and of the confidentiality provisions of sections 235A.15 and 235A.21. The department shall subsequently transmit a written notice to the mandatory reporter of the results and confidentiality provisions. If the report data and disposition data have been placed in the registry as founded child abuse pursuant to section 232.71D, a copy of the written notice shall be transmitted to the registry and shall be maintained by the registry as provided in section 235A.18. Otherwise, a copy of the written notice shall be retained by the department with the case file.3. a. For the purposes of this subsection, “subject of a child abuse report” means any individual listed in section 235A.15, subsection 2, paragraph “a”, other than the attorney or guardian ad litem of such individual.b. An individual who is the subject of a child abuse report may redisseminate to the governor or the governor’s designee or to a member of the general assembly or an employee of the general assembly designated by the member, child abuse information that was disseminated to the individual by the department or other official source. The child abuse information may also include the following related information that the individual is allowed under law to possess:(1) Department information described in section 217.30, subsection 2.(2) Mental health information as defined in section 228.1.(3) Juvenile court social records and other information in official juvenile court records described in section 232.147.c. A person who receives confidential child abuse information and related information redisseminated under this subsection shall not further disseminate, communicate, or attempt to communicate the information to a person who is not authorized by this section or other provision of law to have access to the information.