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Iowa law shields targets of probe
4 hours ago ? Erin Jordan and Deirdre Cox Baker
An Iowa law that allows public health officials to keep secret the name of a business involved in a disease investigation puts business interests before public safety, say citizens who were sickened in March by a suspected norovirus outbreak after visiting an eastern Iowa swim facility.
Johnson County and state health officials won?t release the name of the facility despite dozens being sickened, citing state law that shields businesses that have cleaned up their act after an outbreak. They also believe there is no ongoing public health risk...
Disclose health records for public?s sake
4 hours ago ? Jan Touney
A story on Page A1 today details efforts by the Quad-City Times and The Gazette of Cedar Rapids to make public the name of an eastern Iowa business investigated in connection with a March outbreak of norovirus.
Several Quad-City area families sickened by the virus contacted us and were referred by Scott County health officials to the Johnson County Health Department in late March. We followed up, pursuing public records to confirm the account.
But officials whited out any reference to the name of the business, even the dates of the complaints.
It?s perfectly legal, under Iowa Code Section 139A.3...
...The law does allow officials to release the name of a business or individual if they believe a public health emergency exists. An example would be an outbreak of hepatitis linked to a food service provider, for example...
