2016 Iowa Code
Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 233 - NEWBORN INFANT CUSTODY RELEASE PROCEDURES (NEWBORN SAFE HAVEN ACT)
Section 233.3 - Immunity.
233.3
Immunity.
Any person authorized by the parent to assist with release of custody in accordance with section 233.2 by relinquishing physical custody of the newborn infant or to otherwise act on the parent’s behalf is immune from criminal prosecution for abandonment or neglect of the newborn infant under section 726.3 or 726.6 and civil liability for any reasonable acts or omissions made in good faith in assisting with the release.
2001 Acts, ch 67, §3, 13
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