{"id":"DUT-IA-012","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Iowa","state":"IA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Iowa Department of Public Health (now Department of Health and Human Services), Public Health [641]","authority":"641 IAC 1.6(1)-(2) (2026) (formerly 641 IAC 1.9(1)-(2) (2020))","instrument":"641 IAC chapter 1, Reportable Diseases, Poisonings and Conditions, and Quarantine and Isolation (rule 641-1.6(135,139A), Isolation and quarantine; numbered 641-1.9 in 2020-2021)","title":"Iowa Administrative Code, Public Health [641], Chapter 1 - Reportable Diseases, Poisonings and Conditions, and Quarantine and Isolation (compilation of June 10, 2026)","dateIssued":"2026-06-10","effective":"standing throughout 2020-2021 (as rule 641-1.9)","end":"standing","startDate":"2026-06-10","endDate":"","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","QUAR","EMP"],"addressees":["persons generally (individuals and groups, including exposed or infected employees); employers and premises as places from which persons may be excluded"],"clause":"The department and local boards of health are authorized to impose and enforce quarantine and isolation restrictions.... Orders for isolation and quarantine may include... confinement in a residence...; conditions on travel or behavior; and exclusion of individuals or groups from certain places, including but not limited to school, workplace, public conveyances","enforcement":"Iowa Code § 135.38 or § 137.117 (simple misdemeanor; cited in the rule for mandatory treatment orders); § 139A.25 for violation of a quarantine or isolation order.","functions":[],"notes":"Gave force of law to Department and local-board isolation and quarantine orders, which \u0027shall become effective immediately upon issuance,\u0027 may be oral in an emergency, may exclude individuals or groups from the \u0027workplace,\u0027 and \u0027shall remain in force and effect\u0027 pending appeal unless stayed; the Department \u0027may request that an individual or group of individuals voluntarily confine themselves\u0027 before issuing a mandatory order (the basis of Iowa\u0027s 2020 voluntary home-confinement requests, DUT-IA-009 § 4.4). Character as recorded: statutory_authority (enabling power; binds through the orders issued under it).","sourceUrl":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/iac/chapter/641.1.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":252255,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_authority","description":"","collection":"DUT-IA","url":"/library/DUT-IA-012","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-IA-012","citation":"Iowa Department of Public Health (now Department of Health and Human Services), Public Health [641], 641 IAC chapter 1, Reportable Diseases, Poisonings and Conditions, and Quarantine and Isolation (rule 641-1.6(135,139A), Isolation and quarantine; numbered 641-1.9 in 2020-2021) (standing) (Ex. DUT-IA-012)","stateName":"Iowa","related":["DUT-IA-009"]}