136A.5B Cytomegalovirus public health initiative.

1. In accordance with the duties prescribed in section 136A.3, the center for congenital and inherited disorders shall collaborate with state and local health agencies and other public and private organizations to develop and publish or approve and publish informational materials to educate and raise awareness of cytomegalovirus and congenital cytomegalovirus among women who may become pregnant, expectant parents, parents of infants, attending health care providers, and others, as appropriate. The materials shall include information regarding all of the following:

a. The incidence of cytomegalovirus and congenital cytomegalovirus.

b. The transmission of cytomegalovirus to a pregnant woman or a woman who may become pregnant.

c. Birth defects caused by congenital cytomegalovirus.

d. Methods of diagnosing congenital cytomegalovirus.

e. Available preventive measures to avoid cytomegalovirus infection by women who are pregnant or who may become pregnant.

f. Early interventions, treatment, and services available for children diagnosed with congenital cytomegalovirus.

2. An attending health care provider shall provide to a pregnant woman during the first trimester of the pregnancy the informational materials published under this section. The center for congenital and inherited disorders shall make the informational materials available to attending health care providers upon request.

3. The department shall publish the informational materials on its internet site and shall specifically make the informational materials available electronically to child care facilities and child care homes as defined in section 237A.1, school nurses, hospitals, attending health care providers, and other health care providers offering care to pregnant women and infants.

2017 Acts, ch 77, §1; 2018 Acts, ch 1026, §51

Subsection 2 amended