Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 135.42 (2026)

Unlawful use

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All information, interviews, reports, statements, memoranda, or other data furnished in accordance with this subchapter and any findings or conclusions resulting from such studies shall not be used or offered or received in evidence in any legal proceedings of any kind or character, but nothing contained in this subchapter shall be construed as affecting the admissibility as evidence of the primary medical or hospital records pertaining to the patient or of any other writing, record or reproduction thereof not contemplated by this subchapter. [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §135.42] 2019 Acts, ch 24, §104; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §59\n\n SUBCHAPTER IV STATE MORTALITY REVIEW COMMITTEE — CHILDREN

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1986–2025 · leading case: Dennis Willard v. State of Iowa, 893 N.W.2d 52 (Iowa 2017).
Dennis Willard v. State of Iowa, 893 N.W.2d 52 (Iowa 2017). · cites it 26× “” Iowa Code § 135.42 . The State argues this should be interpreted to mean morbidity and mortality information cannot be used in any legal proceedings, including discovery.”
Burton v. Univ. of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, 566 N.W.2d 182 (Iowa 1997). · cites it 2× “” Section 135.42 sets out the circumstances under which release of data in accordance with this division is unlawful.”
Sanderson v. Frank S. Bryan, M.D., Ltd., 522 A.2d 1138 (Pa. 1987). “§ 16-4-3-1 (Burns 1983); Iowa Code Ann. § 135.42 (West 1972); 1984 Kan.”
Hutchinson v. Smith Labs., Inc., 392 N.W.2d 139 (Iowa 1986). “See Io wa Code § 135.42 (rendering certain morbidity and mortality tables inadmissible at trial); Iowa Code § 147.”
Amended June 22, 2017 Dennis Willard v. State of Iowa (Iowa 2017). · cites it 26× “” Iowa Code § 135.42 . The State argues this should be interpreted to mean morbidity and mortality information cannot be used in any legal proceedings, including discovery.”
Nicole Brooks, & Brendan Brooks, Addison Brooks, & Aiden Brooks, by Their Mother & Next Friend, Nicole Brooks v. State of Iowa (Iowa Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 4× “Section 135.42 adds: All information, interviews, reports, statements, memoranda, or other data furnished in accordance with this division and any findings or conclusions resulting from such studies shall not be used or offered or received in evidence in any legal proceedings of…”
Jessenia Burton, Nancy Burton & Tracy Burton v. West Bend Mut. Ins. Co. (Iowa 2025). · cites it 2× “2d at 64 (“We find that Iowa Code section 135.42 extends to prevent discovery of PSNs and related documents.”
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