A provision of this chapter shall not be construed to require or compel any person to take or follow a course of medical treatment prescribed by law or a health care provider if the person is an adherent or member of a church or religious denomination and in accordance with the tenets or principles of the person’s church or religious denomination the person opposes the specific course of medical treatment. However, such person while in an infectious stage of disease shall be subject to isolation and such other measures appropriate for the prevention of the spread of the disease to other persons.
Iowa Code § 139A.39
Religious exceptions
Known as the Communicable and Infectious Disease Reporting and Control Act
The act spans §§ 139A.1 to 139A.9 (42 sections).
2000 Acts, ch 1066, §35
Official source: Iowa Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Iowa statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.