In compliance with the Iowa law which incorporates by reference the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), 29 CFR 1910.1020, The University of Iowa is required to provide employees access to his/her workplace exposure and medical records that are kept by the University. Exposure monitoring records are kept primarily by the University Health Protection Office and by the Safety and Security Office at University Hospital.
Examples of exposure records include radiation monitoring data for those who work with radioactive materials, noise, toxic air contaminants. Employee medical records, i.e. those for treatment of workplace injuries or illnesses, are kept at the Health Information Management Office, the Worker's Health Clinic and the University Employee Health Clinic. The Program of Hospital Epidemiology maintains exposure records to communicable diseases.
To access these records, contact Hospital Human Resources for hospital employees and the University's Employee and Labor Relations Office in Human Resources for all other University employees.