Iowa Code 239B.12 – Immunization
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1. To the extent feasible, the department shall determine the immunization status of children receiving assistance under this chapter. The status shall be determined in accordance with the immunization recommendations adopted by the Iowa department of public health under section 139A.8, including the exemption provisions in section 139A.8, subsection 4. If the department determines a child is not in compliance with the immunization recommendations, the department shall refer the child’s parent or guardian to a local public health agency for immunization services for the child and other members of the child’s family.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 239B.12
- Assistance: means a family investment program payment. See Iowa Code 239B.1
- Child: means an unmarried person who is less than eighteen years of age or an unmarried person who is eighteen years of age and is engaged full-time in completing high school graduation or equivalency requirements in a manner which is reasonably expected to result in completion of the requirements prior to the person reaching nineteen years of age. See Iowa Code 239B.1
- Department: means the department of human services. See Iowa Code 239B.1
- Family: means a family unit that includes at least one child and at least one parent or other specified relative of the child. See Iowa Code 239B.1
- Family investment program: means the family investment program under this chapter. See Iowa Code 239B.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.
2. The department of human services shall cooperate with the Iowa department of public health to establish an interagency agreement allowing the sharing of pertinent client data, as permitted under federal law and regulation, for the purposes of determining immunization rates of participants, evaluating family investment program efforts to encourage immunizations, and developing strategies to further encourage immunization of participants.