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IA Code § 144.55 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 144 - VITAL STATISTICS|Section 144.55 - Attorney general to assist in enforcement.

144.55 Attorney general to assist in enforcement.   Upon request of the department, the attorney general shall assist in the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2435; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §144.52; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §144.55]
IA Code § 144.56 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 144 - VITAL STATISTICS|Section 144.56 - Autopsy.

144.56 Autopsy.   1. An autopsy or postmortem examination may be performed upon the body of a deceased person by a physician whenever the written consent to the examination or autopsy has been obtained from the person authorized to control the deceased person’s remains under section 144C.5.   2. This section does not apply to any death investigated under the authority of sections 331.802 to 331.804.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, S81, §144.56; 81 Acts, ch 117, §1207]  2008 Acts, ch 1051, §3, 22  Referred to in §144.57
IA Code § 144.57 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 144 - VITAL STATISTICS|Section 144.57 - Public safety officer death — required notice — autopsy.

144.57 Public safety officer death — required notice — autopsy.   A person who is authorized to pronounce individuals dead is required to inform one of the persons authorized to request an autopsy, as provided in section 144.56, that an autopsy will be required if the individual who died was a public safety officer who may have died in the line of duty and an eligible beneficiary of the deceased seeks to claim a federal public safety officer death benefit.*  2005 Acts, ch 174, §19  *Public safety officers’ death benefits, see 34 U.S.C. §10281
IA Code § 144A.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 144A - LIFE-SUSTAINING PROCEDURES|Section 144A.1 - Short title.

144A.1 Short title.   This chapter may be cited as the “Life-sustaining Procedures Act”.  85 Acts, ch 3, §2
IA Code § 144A.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 144A - LIFE-SUSTAINING PROCEDURES|Section 144A.4 - Revocation of declaration.

144A.4 Revocation of declaration.   1. A declaration may be revoked at any time and in any manner by which the declarant is able to communicate the declarant’s intent to revoke, without regard to mental or physical condition. A revocation is only effective as to the attending physician upon communication to such physician by the declarant or by another to whom the revocation was communicated.   2. The attending physician shall make the revocation a part of the declarant’s medical record.  85 Acts, ch 3, §5  Referred to in §144A.10
IA Code § 144A.5 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 144A - LIFE-SUSTAINING PROCEDURES|Section 144A.5 - Determination of terminal condition.

144A.5 Determination of terminal condition.   When an attending physician who has been provided with a declaration determines that the declarant is in a terminal condition, this decision must be confirmed by another physician. The attending physician must record that determination in the declarant’s medical record.  85 Acts, ch 3, §6  Referred to in §144A.8
IA Code § 144A.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 144A - LIFE-SUSTAINING PROCEDURES|Section 144A.6 - Treatment of qualified patients.

144A.6 Treatment of qualified patients.   1. A qualified patient has the right to make decisions regarding use of life-sustaining procedures as long as the qualified patient is able to do so. If a qualified patient is not able to make such decisions, the declaration shall govern decisions regarding use of life-sustaining procedures.   2. The declaration of a qualified patient known to the attending physician to be pregnant shall not be in effect as long as the fetus could develop to the point of live birth with continued application of life-sustaining procedures. However, the provisions of this subsection do not impair any existing rights or responsibilities that any person may have in regard to the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures.  85 Acts, ch 3, §7  Referred to in §144A.8
IA Code § 144A.7 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 144A - LIFE-SUSTAINING PROCEDURES|Section 144A.7 - Procedure in absence of declaration.

144A.7 Procedure in absence of declaration.   1. Life-sustaining procedures may be withheld or withdrawn from a patient who is in a terminal condition and who is comatose, incompetent, or otherwise physically or mentally incapable of communication and has not made a declaration in accordance with this chapter if there is consultation and written agreement for the withholding or the withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures between the attending physician and any of the following individuals, who shall be guided by the express or implied intentions of the patient, in the following order of priority if no individual in a prior class is reasonably available, willing, and competent to act:   a. The attorney in fact designated to make treatment decisions for the patient should such person be diagnosed as suffering from a terminal condition, if the designation is in writing and complies with chapter 144B.   b. The guardian of the person of the patient if one has been appointed, provided court approval is obtained in accordance with section 232D.401, subsection 4, paragraph “a”, or section 633.635, subsection 3, paragraph “b”, subparagraph (1). This paragraph does not require the appointment of a guardian in order for a treatment decision to be made under this section.   c. The patient’s spouse.   d. An adult child of the patient or, if the patient has more than one adult child, a majority of the adult children who are reasonably available for consultation.   e. A parent of the patient, or parents if both are reasonably available.   f. An adult sibling.   2. When a decision is made pursuant to this section to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining procedures, there shall be a witness present at the time of the consultation when that decision is made.   3. Subsections 1 and 2 shall not be in effect for a patient who is known to the attending physician to be pregnant with a fetus that could develop to the point of live birth with continued application of life-sustaining procedures. However, the provisions of this subsection do not impair any existing rights or responsibilities that any person may have in regard to the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures.  85 Acts, ch 3, §8; 87 Acts, ch 100, §1; 2002 Acts, ch 1061, §4; 2005 Acts, ch 38, §55; 2014 Acts, ch 1078, §1; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §61  Referred to in §144A.8, 144D.1, 144D.4  Subsection 1, paragraph b amended
IA Code § 144A.8 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 144A - LIFE-SUSTAINING PROCEDURES|Section 144A.8 - Transfer of patients.

144A.8 Transfer of patients.   1. An attending physician who is unwilling to comply with the requirements of section 144A.5, or who is unwilling to comply with the declaration of a qualified patient in accordance with section 144A.6 or an out-of-hospital do-not-resuscitate order pursuant to section 144A.7A, or who is unwilling to comply with the provisions of section 144A.7 or 144A.7A shall take all reasonable steps to effect the transfer of the patient to another physician.   2. If the policies of a health care provider preclude compliance with the declaration or out-of-hospital do-not-resuscitate order of a qualified patient under this chapter or preclude compliance with the provisions of section 144A.7 or 144A.7A, the provider shall take all reasonable steps to effect the transfer of the patient to a facility in which the provisions of this chapter can be carried out.  85 Acts, ch 3, §9; 2002 Acts, ch 1061, §6
IA Code § 144A.9 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 144A - LIFE-SUSTAINING PROCEDURES|Section 144A.9 - Immunities.

144A.9 Immunities.   1. In the absence of actual notice of the revocation of a declaration or of an out-of-hospital do-not-resuscitate order, the following, while acting in accordance with the requirements of this chapter, are not subject to civil or criminal liability or guilty of unprofessional conduct:   a. A physician who causes the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures from a qualified patient.   b. The health care provider in which such withholding or withdrawal occurs.   c. A person who participates in the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures under the direction of or with the authorization of a physician.   2. A physician is not subject to civil or criminal liability for actions under this chapter which are in accord with reasonable medical standards.   3. Any person, institution or facility against whom criminal or civil liability is asserted because of conduct in compliance with this chapter may interpose this chapter as an absolute defense.   4. In the absence of actual notice of the revocation of an out-of-hospital do-not-resuscitate order, a health care provider who complies with this chapter is not subject to civil or criminal liability or guilty of unprofessional conduct in entering, executing, or otherwise participating in an out-of-hospital do-not-resuscitate order.  85 Acts, ch 3, §10; 2002 Acts, ch 1061, §7, 8
IA Code § 144A.10 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 144A - LIFE-SUSTAINING PROCEDURES|Section 144A.10 - Penalties.

144A.10 Penalties.   1. Any person who willfully conceals, withholds, cancels, destroys, alters, defaces, or obliterates the declaration, out-of-hospital do-not-resuscitate order, or out-of-hospital do-not-resuscitate identifier of another without the declarant’s or patient’s consent or who falsifies or forges a revocation of the declaration or out-of-hospital do-not-resuscitate order of another is guilty of a serious misdemeanor.   2. Any person who falsifies or forges the declaration or out-of-hospital do-not-resuscitate order of another, or willfully conceals or withholds personal knowledge of or delivery of a revocation as provided in section 144A.4 or 144A.7A, with the intent to cause a withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures, is guilty of a serious misdemeanor.  85 Acts, ch 3, §11; 2002 Acts, ch 1061, §9
IA Code § 144A.11 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 144A - LIFE-SUSTAINING PROCEDURES|Section 144A.11 - General provisions.

144A.11 General provisions.   1. Death resulting from the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures pursuant to a declaration or out-of-hospital do-not-resuscitate order and in accordance with this chapter does not, for any purpose, constitute a suicide, homicide, or dependent adult abuse.   2. The executing of a declaration pursuant to section 144A.3 or an out-of-hospital do-not-resuscitate order pursuant to section 144A.7A does not affect in any manner the sale, procurement, or issuance of any policy of life insurance, nor shall it be deemed to modify the terms of an existing policy of life insurance. No policy of life insurance is legally impaired or invalidated in any manner by the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures pursuant to this chapter, notwithstanding any term of the policy to the contrary.   3. A physician, health care provider, health care service plan, insurer issuing disability insurance, self-insured employee welfare benefit plan, or nonprofit hospital plan shall not require any person to execute a declaration or an out-of-hospital do-not-resuscitate order as a condition for being insured for, or receiving, health care services.   4. This chapter creates no presumption concerning the intention of an individual who has not executed a declaration or an out-of-hospital do-not-resuscitate order with respect to the use, withholding, or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures in the event of a terminal condition.   5. This chapter shall not be interpreted to increase or decrease the right of a patient to make decisions regarding use of life-sustaining procedures as long as the patient is able to do so, nor to impair or supersede any right or responsibility that any person has to effect the withholding or withdrawal of medical care in any lawful manner. In that respect, the provisions of this chapter are cumulative.   6. This chapter shall not be construed to condone, authorize or approve mercy killing or euthanasia, or to permit any affirmative or deliberate act or omission to end life other than to permit the natural process of dying.  85 Acts, ch 3, §12; 2002 Acts, ch 1061, §10  Adult abuse, chapter 235B  Homicide, chapter 707
IA Code § 144A.12 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 144A - LIFE-SUSTAINING PROCEDURES|Section 144A.12 - Application to existing declarations.

144A.12 Application to existing declarations.   A declaration executed prior to April 23, 1992, shall remain valid and shall be given effect in accordance with the then-applicable provisions of this chapter. If a declaration executed prior to April 23, 1992, includes a provision which would not have been given effect under this chapter prior to April 23, 1992, but which would be given effect under  1992 Acts, ch. 1132  , then the provision shall be given effect in accordance with  1992 Acts, ch. 1132  .  92 Acts, ch 1132, §5; 2014 Acts, ch 1026, §143
IA Code § 144B.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 144B - DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR HEALTH CARE|Section 144B.1 - Definitions.

144B.1 Definitions.   For purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   1. “Attorney in fact” means an individual who is designated by a durable power of attorney for health care as an agent to make health care decisions on behalf of a principal and has consented to act in that capacity.   2. “Designee” means a person named in a declaration under chapter 144C.   3. “Durable power of attorney for health care” means a document authorizing an attorney in fact to make health care decisions for the principal if the principal is unable, in the judgment of the attending physician, to make health care decisions.   4. “Health care” means any care, treatment, service, or procedure to maintain, diagnose, or treat an individual’s physical or mental condition. “Health care” does not include the provision of nutrition or hydration except when they are required to be provided parenterally or through intubation.   5. “Health care decision” means the consent, refusal of consent, or withdrawal of consent to health care.   6. “Health care provider” means a person who is licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized or permitted by the law of this state to administer health care in the ordinary course of business or in the practice of a profession.   7. “Principal” means a person age eighteen or older who has executed a durable power of attorney for health care.  91 Acts, ch 140, §1; 2008 Acts, ch 1051, §4, 22; 2017 Acts, ch 30, §1, 4  Referred to in §135N.1, 141A.1, 321.189  2017 amendment to subsection 2 applies to declarations executed on or after July 1, 2017;  2017 Acts, ch 30, §4
IA Code § 144B.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 144B - DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR HEALTH CARE|Section 144B.2 - Durable power of attorney for health care.

144B.2 Durable power of attorney for health care.   A durable power of attorney for health care authorizes the attorney in fact to make health care decisions for the principal if the durable power of attorney for health care substantially complies with the requirements of this chapter. A document executed prior to May 8, 1991, purporting to create a durable power of attorney for health care shall be deemed valid if the document specifically authorizes the attorney in fact to make health care decisions and is signed by the principal.  91 Acts, ch 140, §2
IA Code § 144B.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 144B - DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR HEALTH CARE|Section 144B.3 - Requirements.

144B.3 Requirements.   1. An attorney in fact shall make health care decisions only if the following requirements are satisfied:   a. The durable power of attorney for health care explicitly authorizes the attorney in fact to make health care decisions.   b. The durable power of attorney for health care contains the date of its execution and is witnessed or acknowledged by one of the following methods:   (1) Is signed by at least two individuals who, in the presence of each other and the principal, witnessed the signing of the instrument by the principal or by another person acting on behalf of the principal at the principal’s direction.   (2) Is acknowledged before a notarial officer within this state as provided in chapter 9B.   2. The following individuals shall not be witnesses for a durable power of attorney for health care:   a. A health care provider attending the principal on the date of execution.   b. An employee of a health care provider attending the principal on the date of execution.   c. The individual designated in the durable power of attorney for health care as the attorney in fact.   d. An individual who is less than eighteen years of age.   3. At least one of the witnesses for a durable power of attorney for health care shall be an individual who is not a relative of the principal by blood, marriage, or adoption within the third degree of consanguinity.   4. A durable power of attorney for health care or similar document executed in another state or jurisdiction in compliance with the law of that state or jurisdiction shall be deemed valid and enforceable in this state, to the extent the document is consistent with the laws of this state. A durable power of attorney or similar document executed by a veteran of the armed forces which is in compliance with the federal department of veterans affairs advance directive requirements shall be deemed valid and enforceable.  91 Acts, ch 140, §3; 98 Acts, ch 1083, §2; 2012 Acts, ch 1050, §38, 60
IA Code § 144B.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 144B - DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR HEALTH CARE|Section 144B.4 - Individuals ineligible to be attorney in fact.

144B.4 Individuals ineligible to be attorney in fact.   The following individuals shall not be designated as the attorney in fact to make health care decisions under a durable power of attorney for health care:   1. A health care provider attending the principal on the date of execution.   2. An employee of a health care provider attending the principal on the date of execution unless the individual to be designated is related to the principal by blood, marriage, or adoption within the third degree of consanguinity.  91 Acts, ch 140, §4
IA Code § 144B.5 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 144B - DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR HEALTH CARE|Section 144B.5 - Durable power of attorney for health care — form.

144B.5 Durable power of attorney for health care — form.   1. A durable power of attorney for health care executed pursuant to this chapter may, but need not, be in the following form:   I hereby designate ................................ as my attorney in fact (my agent) and give to my agent the power to make health care decisions for me. This power exists only when I am unable, in the judgment of my attending physician, to make those health care decisions. The attorney in fact must act consistently with my desires as stated in this document or otherwise made known.   Except as otherwise specified in this document, this document gives my agent the power, where otherwise consistent with the law of this state, to consent to my physician not giving health care or stopping health care which is necessary to keep me alive.   This document gives my agent power to make health care decisions on my behalf, including to consent, to refuse to consent, or to withdraw consent to the provision of any care, treatment, service, or procedure to maintain, diagnose, or treat a physical or mental condition. This power is subject to any statement of my desires and any limitations included in this document.   My agent has the right to examine my medical records and to consent to disclosure of such records.   2. In addition to the foregoing, the principal may provide specific instructions in the document conferring the durable power of attorney for health care, consistent with the provisions of this chapter.   3. The principal may include a statement indicating that the designated attorney in fact has been notified of and consented to the designation.   4. A durable power of attorney for health care may designate one or more alternative attorneys in fact.   5. A durable power of attorney for health care may include a declaration under chapter 144C that names a designee and alternate designees who may be different persons than the attorney in fact or alternate attorneys in fact who are designated in the durable power of attorney for health care.  91 Acts, ch 140, §5; 2008 Acts, ch 1051, §5, 22
IA Code § 144B.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 144B - DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR HEALTH CARE|Section 144B.6 - Attorney in fact — priority to make decisions.

144B.6 Attorney in fact — priority to make decisions.   1. Unless the district court sitting in equity specifically finds that the attorney in fact is acting in a manner contrary to the wishes of the principal or the durable power of attorney for health care provides otherwise, an attorney in fact who is known to the health care provider to be available and willing to make health care decisions has priority over any other person, including a guardian appointed pursuant to chapter 633, to act for the principal in all matters of health care decisions. The attorney in fact has authority to make a particular health care decision only if the principal is unable, in the judgment of the attending physician, to make the health care decision. If the principal objects to a decision to withhold or withdraw health care, the principal shall be presumed to be able to make a decision.   2. In exercising the authority under the durable power of attorney for health care, the attorney in fact has a duty to act in accordance with the desires of the principal as expressed in the durable power of attorney for health care or otherwise made known to the attorney in fact at any time. A declaration executed by the principal pursuant to the life-sustaining procedures Act, chapter 144A, shall not be interpreted as expressing an intent to prohibit the withdrawal of hydration or nutrition when required to be provided parenterally or through intubation and shall not otherwise restrict the authority of the attorney in fact unless either the declaration or the durable power of attorney for health care expressly provides otherwise. If the principal’s desires are unknown, the attorney in fact has a duty to act in the best interests of the principal, taking into account the principal’s overall medical condition and prognosis.  91 Acts, ch 140, §6
IA Code § 144B.7 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 144B - DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR HEALTH CARE|Section 144B.7 - Authority to review medical records.

144B.7 Authority to review medical records.   Except as limited by the durable power of attorney for health care, an attorney in fact has the same right as the principal to receive and review medical records of the principal, and to consent to the disclosure of medical records of the principal when acting pursuant to the durable power of attorney for health care.  91 Acts, ch 140, §7