The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Iowa
- Level
- State
- Authority
- 641 IAC 1.6(1)-(2) (2026) (formerly 641 IAC 1.9(1)-(2) (2020))
- Issued
- 2026-06-10 June 10, 2026
- Effective
- standing throughout 2020-2021 (as rule 641-1.9) (read as 2026-06-10)
- End
- standing
- In force
- Standing since June 10, 2026 (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Workplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding duty
- Addressees
- persons generally (individuals and groups, including exposed or infected employees); employers and premises as places from which persons may be excluded
- Character
- statutory authority
- Collection
- Standing duties: Iowa DUT-IA
Operative words
The department and local boards of health are authorized to impose and enforce quarantine and isolation restrictions.... Orders for isolation and quarantine may include... confinement in a residence...; conditions on travel or behavior; and exclusion of individuals or groups from certain places, including but not limited to school, workplace, public conveyances
Penalty
Iowa Code § 135.38 or § 137.117 (simple misdemeanor; cited in the rule for mandatory treatment orders); § 139A.25 for violation of a quarantine or isolation order.
What it required
Gave force of law to Department and local-board isolation and quarantine orders, which 'shall become effective immediately upon issuance,' may be oral in an emergency, may exclude individuals or groups from the 'workplace,' and 'shall remain in force and effect' pending appeal unless stayed; the Department 'may request that an individual or group of individuals voluntarily confine themselves' before issuing a mandatory order (the basis of Iowa's 2020 voluntary home-confinement requests, DUT-IA-009 § 4.4). Character as recorded: statutory_authority (enabling power; binds through the orders issued under it).
Retrieval noteThe exhibit is the current compilation (IAC 6/10/26); The period numbering is confirmed by the Attorney General's June 3, 2020 FAQ, which cites '641 IAC 1.9(2)' for voluntary confinement and mandatory quarantine and '641 IAC 1.9(10)' for local-board and peace-officer duties (DUT-IA-009 §§ 4.3-4.4). Grade for the quoted text as in force in 2020-2021: verified_secondary (identical operative language recited by the Attorney General; current text read).