{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-139a.20","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 139A.20","heading":"Exposing to communicable disease.","body":"A person who knowingly exposes another to a communicable disease or who knowingly subjects another to a child or other legally incapacitated person who has contracted a communicable disease, with the intent that another person contract the communicable disease, shall be liable for all resulting damages and shall be punished as provided in this chapter.","path":["Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH (Ch. 123 - 158)","Chapter 139A - COMMUNICABLE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND POISONINGS","Subchapter I - GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/139A.20.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:03Z","sha256":"84dc6046aaa2a9d0f9eedfa31b5246b866c64187a6fb5d14276cffd3075dfef5","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-139a.19","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-139a.21"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}