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IA Code § 144B.8 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 144B - DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR HEALTH CARE|Section 144B.8 - Revocation of durable power of attorney.

144B.8 Revocation of durable power of attorney.   1. A durable power of attorney for health care may be revoked at any time and in any manner by which the principal is able to communicate the intent to revoke, without regard to mental or physical condition. Revocation may be by notifying the attorney in fact orally or in writing. Revocation may also be made by notifying a health care provider orally or in writing while that provider is engaged in providing health care to the principal. A revocation is only effective as to a health care provider upon its communication to the provider by the principal or by another to whom the principal has communicated revocation. The health care provider shall document the revocation in the treatment records of the principal.   2. The principal is presumed to have the capacity to revoke a durable power of attorney for health care.   3. Unless it provides otherwise, a valid durable power of attorney for health care revokes any prior durable power of attorney for health care.   4. If authority granted by a durable power of attorney for health care is revoked under this section, an individual is not subject to criminal prosecution or civil liability for acting in good faith reliance upon the durable power of attorney for health care unless the individual has actual knowledge of the revocation.   5. The fact of execution and subsequent revocation of a durable power of attorney shall have no effect upon subsequent health care decisions made in accordance with accepted principles of law and standards of medical care governing those decisions.  91 Acts, ch 140, §8
IA Code § 144B.9 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 144B - DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR HEALTH CARE|Section 144B.9 - Immunities and responsibilities.

144B.9 Immunities and responsibilities.   1. A health care provider is not subject to criminal prosecution, civil liability, or professional disciplinary action if the health care provider relies on a health care decision and both of the following requirements are satisfied:   a. The decision is made by an attorney in fact who the health care provider believes in good faith is authorized to make the decision.   b. The health care provider believes in good faith that the decision is not inconsistent with the desires of the principal as expressed in the durable power of attorney for health care or otherwise made known to the health care provider, and, if the decision is to withhold or withdraw health care necessary to keep the principal alive, the health care provider has provided an opportunity for the principal to object to the decision.   2. Notwithstanding a contrary health care decision of the attorney in fact, the health care provider is not subject to criminal prosecution, civil liability, or professional disciplinary action for failing to withhold or withdraw health care necessary to keep the principal alive. However, the attorney in fact may make provisions to transfer the responsibility for the care of the principal to another health care provider.   3. An attorney in fact is not subject to criminal prosecution or civil liability for any health care decision made in good faith pursuant to a durable power of attorney for health care.   4. It shall be presumed that an attorney in fact, and a health care provider acting pursuant to the direction of an attorney in fact, are acting in good faith and in the best interests of the principal absent clear and convincing evidence to the contrary.   5. For purposes of this section, acting in “good faith” means acting consistent 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, or where those desires are unknown, acting in the best interests of the principal, taking into account the principal’s overall medical condition and prognosis.   6. A health care provider or attorney in fact may presume that a durable power of attorney for health care is valid absent actual knowledge to the contrary.  91 Acts, ch 140, §9
IA Code § 144B.10 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 144B - DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR HEALTH CARE|Section 144B.10 - Emergency treatment.

144B.10 Emergency treatment.   This chapter does not affect the law governing health care treatment in an emergency.  91 Acts, ch 140, §10
IA Code § 144B.11 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 144B - DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR HEALTH CARE|Section 144B.11 - Prohibited practices.

144B.11 Prohibited practices.   1. A health care provider, health care service plan, insurer, self-insured employee welfare benefit plan, or nonprofit hospital plan shall not condition admission to a facility, or the providing of treatment, or insurance, on the requirement that an individual execute a durable power of attorney for health care.   2. A policy of life insurance shall not be legally impaired or invalidated in any manner by the withholding or withdrawing of health care pursuant to the direction of an attorney in fact appointed pursuant to this chapter.  91 Acts, ch 140, §11
IA Code § 144B.12 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 144B - DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR HEALTH CARE|Section 144B.12 - General provisions.

144B.12 General provisions.   1. This chapter does not create a presumption concerning the intention of an individual who has not executed a durable power of attorney for health care and does not impair or supersede any right or responsibility of an individual to consent, refuse to consent, or withdraw consent to health care on behalf of another in the absence of a durable power of attorney for health care.   2. This chapter shall not be construed to condone, authorize, or approve any affirmative or deliberate act or omission which would constitute mercy killing or euthanasia.   3. If after executing a durable power of attorney for health care designating a spouse as attorney in fact, the marriage between the principal and the attorney in fact is dissolved, the power is thereby revoked. In the event of remarriage to each other, the power is reinstated unless otherwise revoked by the principal.   4. It is the responsibility of the principal to provide for notification of a health care provider of the terms of the principal’s durable power of attorney for health care.  91 Acts, ch 140, §12
IA Code § 144C.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 144C - FINAL DISPOSITION ACT|Section 144C.1 - Short title.

144C.1 Short title.   This chapter may be cited as the “Final Disposition Act”.  2008 Acts, ch 1051, §6, 22
IA Code § 144C.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 144C - FINAL DISPOSITION ACT|Section 144C.2 - Definitions.

144C.2 Definitions.   As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   1. “Adult” means a person who is married or who is eighteen years of age or older.   2. “Adult day services program” means adult day services program as defined in section 231D.1.   3. “Assisted living program” means an assisted living program under chapter 231C.   4. “Ceremony” means a formal act or set of formal acts established by custom or authority to commemorate a decedent.   5. “Child” means a son or daughter of a person, whether by birth or adoption.   6. “Decedent” means a deceased adult.   7. “Declarant” means a competent adult who executes a declaration pursuant to this chapter.   8. “Declaration” means a written instrument that is executed by a declarant in accordance with the requirements of this chapter, and that names a designee who shall have the sole responsibility and discretion for making decisions concerning the final disposition of the declarant’s remains and the ceremonies planned after the declarant’s death.   9. “Designee” means a competent adult designated under a declaration who shall have the sole responsibility and discretion for making decisions concerning the final disposition of the declarant’s remains and the ceremonies planned after the declarant’s death.   10. “Elder group home” means elder group home as defined in section 231B.1.   11. “Final disposition” means the burial, interment, cremation, removal from the state, or other disposition of remains.   12. “Health care facility” means health care facility as defined in section 135C.1.   13. “Health care provider” means health care provider as defined in section 144A.2.   14. “Hospital” means hospital as defined in section 135B.1.   15. “Interested person” means a decedent’s spouse, parent, grandparent, adult child, adult sibling, adult grandchild, or a designee.   16. “Licensed hospice program” means a licensed hospice program as defined in section 135J.1.   17. “Reasonable under the circumstances” means consideration of what is appropriate in relation to the declarant’s finances, cultural or family customs, and religious or spiritual beliefs. “Reasonable under the circumstances” may include but is not limited to consideration of the declarant’s preneed funeral, burial, or cremation plan, and known or reasonably ascertainable creditors of the declarant.   18. “Remains” means the body or cremated remains of a decedent.   19. a. “Third party” means a person who is requested to dispose of remains by an adult with the right to dispose of a decedent’s remains under section 144C.5 or assist with arrangements for ceremonies planned after the declarant’s death.   b. “Third party” includes but is not limited to a funeral director, funeral establishment, cremation establishment, cemetery, the state medical examiner, or a county medical examiner.  2008 Acts, ch 1051, §7, 22; 2009 Acts, ch 133, §45; 2017 Acts, ch 30, §2, 4  2017 amendment to subsection 8 applies to declarations executed on or after July 1, 2017;  2017 Acts, ch 30, §4
IA Code § 144C.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 144C - FINAL DISPOSITION ACT|Section 144C.3 - Declaration — designee.

144C.3 Declaration — designee.   1. A declaration shall name a designee who shall have the sole responsibility and discretion for making decisions concerning the final disposition of the declarant’s remains and the ceremonies planned after the declarant’s death. A declaration may name one or more alternate designees and may include contact information for the designees and alternate designees.   2. A declaration shall not include directives for final disposition of the declarant’s remains and shall not include arrangements for ceremonies planned after the declarant’s death.   3. A designee, an alternate designee, and a third party shall act in good faith and in a manner that is reasonable under the circumstances.   4. A funeral director, an attorney, or any agent, owner, or employee of a funeral establishment, cremation establishment, cemetery, elder group home, assisted living program, adult day services program, or licensed hospice program shall not serve as a designee unless married to the declarant or related to the declarant within the third degree of consanguinity.   5. This section shall not be construed to permit a person who is not licensed pursuant to chapter 156 to make funeral arrangements.  2008 Acts, ch 1051, §8, 22; 2008 Acts, ch 1191, §124; 2009 Acts, ch 133, §46; 2020 Acts, ch 1025, §3  Subsection 4 amended
IA Code § 144C.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 144C - FINAL DISPOSITION ACT|Section 144C.4 - Reliance — immunities.

144C.4 Reliance — immunities.   1. A designee or third party who relies in good faith on a declaration is not subject to civil liability or to criminal prosecution or professional disciplinary action to any greater extent than if the designee or third party dealt directly with the declarant as a fully competent and living person.   2. A designee or third party who relies in good faith on a declaration may presume, in the absence of actual knowledge to the contrary, all of the following:   a. That the declaration was validly executed.   b. That the declarant was competent at the time the declaration was executed.   3. A third party who relies in good faith on a declaration is not subject to civil or criminal liability for the proper application of property delivered or surrendered in compliance with decisions made by the designee including but not limited to trust funds held pursuant to chapter 523A.   4. A third party who has reasonable cause to question the authenticity or validity of a declaration may promptly and reasonably seek additional information from the person proffering the declaration or from other persons to verify the declaration.   5. The state medical examiner or a county medical examiner shall not be subject to civil liability or to criminal prosecution or professional disciplinary action for releasing a decedent’s remains to a person who is not a designee or alternate designee.   6. This section shall not be construed to impair any contractual obligations of a designee or third party incurred in fulfillment of a declaration.  2008 Acts, ch 1051, §9, 22
IA Code § 144C.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 144C - FINAL DISPOSITION ACT|Section 144C.6 - Declaration of designee — form — requirements.

144C.6 Declaration of designee — form — requirements.   1. A declaration executed pursuant to this chapter may but need not be in the following form:   I hereby designate ........................................ as my designee. My designee shall have the sole responsibility for making decisions concerning the final disposition of my remains and the ceremonies to be performed after my death. This declaration hereby revokes all prior declarations. This designation becomes effective upon my death.   My designee shall act in a manner that is reasonable under the circumstances.   I may revoke or amend this declaration at any time. I agree that a third party (such as a funeral or cremation establishment, funeral director, or cemetery) who receives a copy of this declaration may act in reliance on it. Revocation of this declaration is not effective as to a third party until the third party receives notice of the revocation. My estate shall indemnify my designee and any third party for costs incurred by them or claims arising against them as a result of their good faith reliance on this declaration.   I execute this declaration as my free and voluntary act.   2. A declaration executed pursuant to this chapter shall be in a written form that substantially complies with the form in subsection 1, is properly completed, and is dated and signed by the declarant or another person acting on the declarant’s behalf at the direction of and in the presence of the declarant. In addition, a declaration shall be either of the following:   a. Signed by at least two individuals who are not named therein and who, in the presence of each other and the declarant, witnessed the signing of the declaration by the declarant, or another person acting on the declarant’s behalf at the direction of and in the presence of the declarant, and witnessed the signing of the declaration by each other.   b. Acknowledged before a notarial officer as provided in chapter 9B.   3. A declaration may include the location of an agreement for prearranged funeral services or funeral merchandise as defined in and executed under chapter 523A, cemetery lots owned by or reserved for the declarant, and special instructions regarding organ donation consistent with chapter 142C.   4. A declaration for disposition of remains made by a service member who died while performing military duty as defined in section 29A.1, subsection 3, 8, or 12, on forms provided and authorized by the department of defense for service members for this purpose shall constitute a valid declaration of designee for purposes of this chapter.  2008 Acts, ch 1051, §11, 22; 2010 Acts, ch 1170, §3; 2011 Acts, ch 47, §8; 2012 Acts, ch 1050, §39, 60; 2012 Acts, ch 1072, §33; 2017 Acts, ch 30, §3, 4  2017 amendment to subsection 2, unnumbered paragraph 1, applies to declarations executed on or after July 1, 2017;  2017 Acts, ch 30, §4
IA Code § 144C.7 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 144C - FINAL DISPOSITION ACT|Section 144C.7 - Revocation of declaration.

144C.7 Revocation of declaration.   1. A declaration is revocable by a declarant in a writing signed and dated by the declarant.   2. Unless otherwise expressly provided in a declaration:   a. A dissolution of marriage, annulment of marriage, or legal separation between the declarant and the declarant’s spouse that occurs subsequent to the execution of the declaration constitutes an automatic revocation of the spouse as a designee.   b. A designation of a person as a designee pursuant to a declaration is ineffective if the designation is revoked by the declarant in writing subsequent to the execution of the declaration or if the designee is unable or unwilling to serve as the designee.  2008 Acts, ch 1051, §12, 22
IA Code § 144C.8 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 144C - FINAL DISPOSITION ACT|Section 144C.8 - Forfeiture of designee’s authority.

144C.8 Forfeiture of designee’s authority.   A designee shall forfeit all rights and authority under a declaration and all rights and authority under the declaration shall vest in and devolve upon an alternate designee, or if there is none, vest in and devolve pursuant to section 144C.5, under either of the following circumstances:   1. The designee is charged with murder in the first or second degree or voluntary manslaughter in connection with the declarant’s death and those charges are known to a third party.   2. The designee does not exercise the designee’s authority under the declaration within twenty-four hours of receiving notification of the death of the declarant or within forty hours of the declarant’s death, whichever is earlier.  2008 Acts, ch 1051, §13, 22
IA Code § 144C.9 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 144C - FINAL DISPOSITION ACT|Section 144C.9 - Interstate effect of declaration.

144C.9 Interstate effect of declaration.   Unless otherwise expressly provided in a declaration:   1. It is presumed that the declarant intended to have a declaration executed pursuant to this chapter have the full force and effect of law in any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any other territorial possessions of the United States.   2. A declaration or similar instrument executed in another state that complies with the requirements of this chapter may be relied upon, in good faith, by the designee, an alternate designee, and a third party in this state so long as the declaration is not invalid, illegal, or unconstitutional in this state.  2008 Acts, ch 1051, §14, 22
IA Code § 144C.10 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 144C - FINAL DISPOSITION ACT|Section 144C.10 - Effect of declaration.

144C.10 Effect of declaration.   1. The designee designated in a declaration shall have the sole discretion pursuant to the declaration to determine what final disposition of the declarant’s remains and ceremonies to be performed after the declarant’s death are reasonable under the circumstances.   2. The most recent declaration executed by a declarant shall control.   3. This chapter does not prohibit a person from conducting a separate ceremony to commemorate a declarant, at the person’s expense, to assist in the bereavement process.   4. The rights of a donee created by an anatomical gift pursuant to chapter 142C are superior to the authority of a designee under a declaration executed pursuant to this chapter.  2008 Acts, ch 1051, §15, 22; 2010 Acts, ch 1032, §1
IA Code § 144C.11 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 144C - FINAL DISPOSITION ACT|Section 144C.11 - Practice of mortuary science.

144C.11 Practice of mortuary science.   This chapter shall not be construed to authorize the unlicensed practice of mortuary science as provided in chapter 156.  2008 Acts, ch 1051, §16, 22
IA Code § 144D.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 144D - PHYSICIAN ORDERS FOR SCOPE OF TREATMENT|Section 144D.1 - Definitions.

144D.1 Definitions.   As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   1. “Advanced registered nurse practitioner” means an advanced registered nurse practitioner licensed pursuant to chapter 152 or 152E.   2. “Department” means the department of public health.   3. “Emergency medical care provider” means emergency medical care provider as defined in section 147A.1.   4. “Health care facility” means health care facility as defined in section 135C.1, a hospice program as defined in section 135J.1, an elder group home as defined in section 231B.1, and an assisted living program as defined in section 231C.2.   5. “Health care provider” means an individual, including an emergency medical care provider and an individual providing home and community-based services, and including a home health agency, 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.   6. “Home health agency” means home health agency as defined in  42 C.F.R. pt. 484  .   7. “Hospital” means hospital as defined in section 135B.1.   8. “Legal representative” means an individual authorized to execute a POST form on behalf of a patient who is not competent to do so, in the order of priority set out in section 144A.7, subsection 1, and guided by the express or implied intentions of the patient or, if such intentions are unknown, by the patient’s best interests given the patient’s overall medical condition and prognosis.   9. “Patient” means an individual who is frail and elderly or who has a chronic, critical medical condition or a terminal illness and for which a physician orders for scope of treatment form is consistent with the individual’s goals of care.   10. “Physician” means a person licensed to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery in this state.   11. “Physician assistant” means a person licensed as a physician assistant under chapter 148C.   12. “Physician orders for scope of treatment form” or “POST form” means a document containing medical orders which may be relied upon across medical settings that consolidates and summarizes a patient’s preferences for life-sustaining treatments and interventions and acts as a complement to and does not supersede any valid advance directive.  2012 Acts, ch 1008, §2; 2016 Acts, ch 1073, §60  Referred to in §135P.1