{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-228.7a","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 228.7A","heading":"Disclosures to law enforcement professionals.","body":"1. Mental health information relating to an individual may be disclosed by a mental health professional, at the minimum consistent with applicable laws and standards of ethical conduct, to a law enforcement professional if all of the following apply:\na. The disclosure is made in good faith.\nb. The disclosure is necessary to prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to the health or safety of the individual or to a clearly identifiable victim or victims.\nc. The individual has the apparent intent and ability to carry out the threat.\n2. A mental health professional shall not be held criminally or civilly liable for failure to disclose mental health information relating to an individual to a law enforcement professional except in circumstances where the individual has communicated to the mental health professional an imminent threat of physical violence against the individual’s self or against a clearly identifiable victim or victims.\n3. A mental health professional discharges the professional’s duty to disclose pursuant to subsection 1 by making reasonable efforts to communicate the threat to a law enforcement professional.","path":["Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES (Ch. 216 - 255A)","Chapter 228 - DISCLOSURE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND PSYCHOLOGICAL INFORMATION"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/228.7A.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:05Z","sha256":"b61d0ed1d2e28a6033355ee593393dbbc208acaa5f31a6fd6b0d9a697deed28f","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-228.7","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-228.8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}