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IA Code § 147.108 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 147 - GENERAL PROVISIONS, HEALTH-RELATED PROFESSIONS|Section 147.108 - Contact lens prescribing and dispensing.

147.108 Contact lens prescribing and dispensing.   1. A person shall not dispense or adapt contact lenses without first receiving authorization to do so by a written, electronic, or facsimile prescription, except when authorized orally under subsection 2, from a person licensed under chapter 148 or 154. The board of optometry shall adopt rules relating to electronic or facsimile transmission of a prescription under this section.   2. After contact lenses have been adequately adapted and the patient released from initial follow-up care by a person licensed under chapter 148 or 154, the patient may request a copy, at no cost, of the contact lens prescription from that licensed person. A person licensed under chapter 148 or 154 shall not withhold a contact lens prescription after the requirements of this section have been met. The prescription, at the option of the prescriber, may be given orally only to a person who is actively practicing and licensed under chapter 148, 154, or 155A. The contact lens prescription shall contain an expiration date, at the discretion of the prescriber, but not to exceed eighteen months. The contact lens prescription shall contain the necessary requirements of the ophthalmic lens, and the prescription validation requirements as defined by rules adopted pursuant to this section. The prescription may contain adapting and material guidelines and may also contain specific instructions for use by the patient. For the purpose of this section, “ophthalmic lens” means one which has been fabricated to fill the requirements of a particular contact lens prescription, including pharmaceutical-delivering contact lenses as defined in section 154.1, subsection 3.   3. A person who fills a contact lens prescription shall maintain a file of a valid prescription for a period of two years.   4. Notwithstanding section 147.86, a person who violates this section is guilty of a simple misdemeanor for a first violation. Subsequent violations are governed by section 147.86.  94 Acts, ch 1098, §1; 2004 Acts, ch 1036, §9; 2007 Acts, ch 10, §79; 2008 Acts, ch 1088, §96; 2010 Acts, ch 1010, §1; 2012 Acts, ch 1004, §1
IA Code § 147.109 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 147 - GENERAL PROVISIONS, HEALTH-RELATED PROFESSIONS|Section 147.109 - Ophthalmic spectacle lens prescribing and dispensing.

147.109 Ophthalmic spectacle lens prescribing and dispensing.   1. A person shall not dispense or adapt an ophthalmic spectacle lens or lenses without first receiving authorization to do so by a written, electronic, or facsimile prescription from a person licensed under chapter 148 or 154. For the purpose of this section, “ophthalmic spectacle lens” means one which has been fabricated to fill the requirements of a particular spectacle lens prescription. The board of optometry shall adopt rules relating to electronic or facsimile transmission of a prescription under this section.   2. Upon completion of an eye examination, a person licensed under chapter 148 or 154 shall furnish the patient a copy of their ophthalmic spectacle lens prescription at no cost. The ophthalmic spectacle lens prescription shall contain an expiration date. The ophthalmic spectacle lens prescription shall contain the requirements of the ophthalmic spectacle lens and the prescription validation requirements as defined by rules adopted pursuant to this section. The prescription, at the option of the prescriber, may contain adapting and material guidelines and may also contain specific instructions for use by the patient.   3. Upon request of a patient, a person licensed under chapter 148 or 154 shall provide the prescription of the patient, if the prescription has not expired, at no cost to another person licensed under chapter 148 or 154. The person licensed under chapter 148 or 154 shall accept the prescription and shall not require the patient to undergo an eye examination unless, due to observation or patient history, the licensee has reason to require an examination.   4. A dispenser shall maintain a file of a valid prescription for a period of two years.   5. Notwithstanding section 147.86, a person who violates this section is guilty of a simple misdemeanor for a first violation. Subsequent violations are governed by section 147.86.  94 Acts, ch 1098, §2; 2004 Acts, ch 1036, §10; 2007 Acts, ch 10, §80; 2008 Acts, ch 1088, §97
IA Code § 147.111 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 147 - GENERAL PROVISIONS, HEALTH-RELATED PROFESSIONS|Section 147.111 - Report of treatment of wounds and other injuries.

147.111 Report of treatment of wounds and other injuries.   1. A person licensed under the provisions of this subtitle who administers any treatment to any person suffering a gunshot or stab wound or other serious injury, as defined in section 702.18, which appears to have been received in connection with the commission of a criminal offense, or a motor vehicle accident or crash, or to whom an application is made for treatment of any nature because of any such gunshot or stab wound or other serious injury, as defined in section 702.18, shall at once but not later than twelve hours thereafter, report that fact to the law enforcement agency within whose jurisdiction the treatment was administered or an application for treatment was made, or if ascertainable, to the law enforcement agency in whose jurisdiction the gunshot or stab wound or other serious injury occurred, stating the name of such person, the person’s residence if ascertainable, and giving a brief description of the gunshot or stab wound or other serious injury.   2. A person certified under the provisions of chapter 147A who administers any treatment to any person suffering a gunshot or stab wound or other serious injury, as defined in section 702.18, which appears to have been received in connection with the commission of a criminal offense, or a motor vehicle accident or crash, or to whom an application is made for treatment of any nature because of any such gunshot or stab wound or other serious injury, may report that fact to the law enforcement agency within whose jurisdiction the treatment was administered or application for treatment was made, or if ascertainable, to the law enforcement agency in whose jurisdiction the gunshot or stab wound or other serious injury occurred, stating the name of the person, the person’s residence if ascertainable, and giving a brief description of the gunshot or stab wound or other serious injury.   3. Any provision of law or rule of evidence relating to a confidential communication is suspended for communications under this section.  [C31, 35, §2537-d1; C39, §2537.7; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §147.111]  93 Acts, ch 100, §2; 94 Acts, ch 1132, §31; 96 Acts, ch 1036, §30; 98 Acts, ch 1053, §28; 99 Acts, ch 114, §8; 2010 Acts, ch 1127, §1  Referred to in §147.112, 331.653
IA Code § 147.112 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 147 - GENERAL PROVISIONS, HEALTH-RELATED PROFESSIONS|Section 147.112 - Investigation and report by law enforcement agency.

147.112 Investigation and report by law enforcement agency.   The law enforcement agency who has received any report required by this chapter and who has any reason to believe that the person injured was involved in the commission of any crime, either as perpetrator or victim, shall at once commence an investigation into the circumstances of the gunshot or stab wound or other serious injury and make a report of the investigation to the county attorney in whose jurisdiction the gunshot or stab wound or other serious injury occurred. Law enforcement personnel shall not divulge any information received under the provisions of this section and section 147.111 to any person other than a law enforcing officer, and then only in connection with the investigation of the alleged commission of a crime.  [C31, 35, §2537-d2; C39, §2537.8; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §147.112]  93 Acts, ch 100, §3; 99 Acts, ch 114, §9  Referred to in §331.653  “Serious injury” definition, see §702.18
IA Code § 147.113 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 147 - GENERAL PROVISIONS, HEALTH-RELATED PROFESSIONS|Section 147.113 - Violations.

147.113 Violations.   Any person failing to make the report required herein shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor.  [C31, 35, §2537-d3; C39, §2537.9; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §147.113]
IA Code § 147.113A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 147 - GENERAL PROVISIONS, HEALTH-RELATED PROFESSIONS|Section 147.113A - Report of burn injuries.

147.113A Report of burn injuries.   Any person licensed under the provisions of this subtitle who administers any treatment to a person suffering a burn which appears to be of a suspicious nature on the body, a burn to the upper respiratory tract, a laryngeal edema due to the inhalation of super-heated air, or a burn injury that is likely to result in death, which appears to have been received in connection with the commission of a criminal offense, or to whom an application is made for treatment of any nature because of any such burn or burn injury shall at once but not later than twelve hours after treatment was administered or application was made report the fact to law enforcement. The report shall be made to the law enforcement agency within whose jurisdiction the treatment was administered or application was made, or if ascertainable, to the law enforcement agency in whose jurisdiction the burn or burn injury occurred, stating the name of such person, the person’s residence if ascertainable, and giving a brief description of the burn or burn injury. Any provision of law or rule of evidence relative to confidential communications is suspended insofar as the provisions of this section are concerned.  2003 Acts, ch 134, §1
IA Code § 147.114 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 147 - GENERAL PROVISIONS, HEALTH-RELATED PROFESSIONS|Section 147.114 - Prior informed consent relative to pelvic examinations — patient under anesthesia or unconscious — penalties.

147.114 Prior informed consent relative to pelvic examinations — patient under anesthesia or unconscious — penalties.   1. A person licensed or certified to practice a profession, or a student undertaking a course of instruction or participating in a clinical training or residency program for a profession, shall not perform a pelvic examination on an anesthetized or unconscious patient unless one of the following conditions is met:   a. The patient or the patient’s authorized representative provides prior written informed consent to the pelvic examination, and the pelvic examination is necessary for preventive, diagnostic, or treatment purposes.   b. The patient or the patient’s authorized representative has provided prior written informed consent to a surgical procedure or diagnostic examination to be performed on the patient, and the performance of a pelvic examination is within the scope of care ordered for that surgical procedure or diagnostic examination.   c. The patient is unconscious and incapable of providing prior informed consent, and the pelvic examination is necessary for diagnostic or treatment purposes.   d. A court has ordered the performance of the pelvic examination for the purposes of collection of evidence.   2. A person who violates this section is subject to the penalty specified under section 147.86, and any professional disciplinary provisions, as applicable.  2017 Acts, ch 174, §111
IA Code § 147.136 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 147 - GENERAL PROVISIONS, HEALTH-RELATED PROFESSIONS|Section 147.136 - Scope of recovery.

147.136 Scope of recovery.   1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, in an action for damages for personal injury against a physician and surgeon, osteopathic physician and surgeon, dentist, podiatric physician, optometrist, pharmacist, chiropractor, physician assistant, or nurse licensed to practice that profession in this state, or against a hospital licensed for operation in this state, based on the alleged negligence of the practitioner in the practice of the profession or occupation, or upon the alleged negligence of the hospital in patient care, in which liability is admitted or established, the damages awarded shall not include actual economic losses incurred or to be incurred in the future by the claimant by reason of the personal injury, including but not limited to the cost of reasonable and necessary medical care, rehabilitation services, and custodial care, and the loss of services and loss of earned income, to the extent that those losses are replaced or are indemnified by insurance, or by governmental, employment, or service benefit programs or from any other source.   2. This section shall not bar recovery of economic losses replaced or indemnified by any of the following:   a. Benefits received under the medical assistance program under chapter 249A.   b. The assets of the claimant or of the members of the claimant’s immediate family.  [C77, 79, 81, §147.136]  95 Acts, ch 108, §6; 2008 Acts, ch 1088, §141; 2011 Acts, ch 129, §85, 156; 2020 Acts, ch 1020, §2, 12  Referred to in §668.14, 668.14A  Subsection 1 amended
IA Code § 147.136A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 147 - GENERAL PROVISIONS, HEALTH-RELATED PROFESSIONS|Section 147.136A - Noneconomic damage awards against health care providers.

147.136A Noneconomic damage awards against health care providers.   1. For purposes of this section:   a. “Health care provider” means a hospital as defined in section 135B.1, a health care facility as defined in section 135C.1, a health facility as defined in section 135P.1, a physician or an osteopathic physician licensed under chapter 148, a physician assistant licensed and practicing under a supervising physician under chapter 148C, a podiatrist licensed under chapter 149, a chiropractor licensed under chapter 151, a licensed practical nurse, a registered nurse, or an advanced registered nurse practitioner licensed under chapter 152 or 152E, a dentist licensed under chapter 153, an optometrist licensed under chapter 154, a pharmacist licensed under chapter 155A, a professional corporation under chapter 496C that is owned by persons licensed to practice a profession listed in this paragraph, or any other person or entity 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.   b. “Noneconomic damages” means damages arising from pain, suffering, inconvenience, physical impairment, mental anguish, emotional pain and suffering, loss of chance, loss of consortium, or any other nonpecuniary damages.   c. “Occurrence” means the event, incident, or happening, and the acts or omissions incident thereto, which proximately caused injuries or damages for which recovery is claimed by the patient or the patient’s representative.   2. The total amount recoverable in any civil action for noneconomic damages for personal injury or death, whether in tort, contract, or otherwise, against a health care provider shall be limited to two hundred fifty thousand dollars for any occurrence resulting in injury or death of a patient regardless of the number of plaintiffs, derivative claims, theories of liability, or defendants in the civil action, unless the jury determines that there is a substantial or permanent loss or impairment of a bodily function, substantial disfigurement, or death, which warrants a finding that imposition of such a limitation would deprive the plaintiff of just compensation for the injuries sustained.   3. The limitation on damages contained in this section shall not apply as to a defendant if that defendant’s actions constituted actual malice.  2017 Acts, ch 107, §2, 5; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §46  Referred to in §147.139, 147.140  Section applies to causes of action that accrue on or after July 1, 2017;  2017 Acts, ch 107, §5
IA Code § 147.137 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 147 - GENERAL PROVISIONS, HEALTH-RELATED PROFESSIONS|Section 147.137 - Consent in writing.

147.137 Consent in writing.   A consent in writing to any medical or surgical procedure or course of procedures in patient care which meets the requirements of this section shall create a presumption that informed consent was given. A consent in writing meets the requirements of this section if it:   1. Sets forth in general terms the nature and purpose of the procedure or procedures, together with the known risks, if any, of death, brain damage, quadriplegia, paraplegia, the loss or loss of function of any organ or limb, or disfiguring scars associated with such procedure or procedures, with the probability of each such risk if reasonably determinable.   2. Acknowledges that the disclosure of that information has been made and that all questions asked about the procedure or procedures have been answered in a satisfactory manner.   3. Is signed by the patient for whom the procedure is to be performed, or if the patient for any reason lacks legal capacity to consent, is signed by a person who has legal authority to consent on behalf of that patient in those circumstances.  [C77, 79, 81, §147.137]
IA Code § 147.138 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 147 - GENERAL PROVISIONS, HEALTH-RELATED PROFESSIONS|Section 147.138 - Contingent fee of attorney reviewed by court.

147.138 Contingent fee of attorney reviewed by court.   In any action for personal injury or wrongful death against any physician and surgeon, osteopathic physician and surgeon, dentist, podiatric physician, optometrist, pharmacist, chiropractor, physician assistant, or nurse licensed under this chapter or against any hospital licensed under chapter 135B, based upon the alleged negligence of the licensee in the practice of that profession or occupation, or upon the alleged negligence of the hospital in patient care, the court shall determine the reasonableness of any contingent fee arrangement between the plaintiff and the plaintiff’s attorney.  [C77, 79, 81, §147.138]  95 Acts, ch 108, §7; 2008 Acts, ch 1088, §141; 2020 Acts, ch 1020, §3, 12  Section amended
IA Code § 147.139 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 147 - GENERAL PROVISIONS, HEALTH-RELATED PROFESSIONS|Section 147.139 - Expert witness standards.

147.139 Expert witness standards.   If the standard of care given by a health care provider, as defined in section 147.136A, is at issue, the court shall only allow a person the plaintiff designates as an expert witness to qualify as an expert witness and to testify on the issue of the appropriate standard of care or breach of the standard of care if all of the following are established by the evidence:   1. The person is licensed to practice in the same or a substantially similar field as the defendant, is in good standing in each state of licensure, and in the five years preceding the act or omission alleged to be negligent, has not had a license in any state revoked or suspended.   2. In the five years preceding the act or omission alleged to be negligent, the person actively practiced in the same or a substantially similar field as the defendant or was a qualified instructor at an accredited university in the same field as the defendant.   3. If the defendant is board-certified in a specialty, the person is certified in the same or a substantially similar specialty by a board recognized by the American board of medical specialties, the American osteopathic association, or the council on podiatric medical education.   4. a. If the defendant is a licensed physician or osteopathic physician under chapter 148, the person is a physician or osteopathic physician licensed in this state or another state.   b. If the defendant is a licensed podiatric physician under chapter 149, the person is a physician, osteopathic physician, or a podiatric physician licensed in this state or another state.  86 Acts, ch 1211, §16; 2008 Acts, ch 1088, §98; 2017 Acts, ch 107, §3, 5; 2018 Acts, ch 1172, §46  Referred to in §147.140  2017 amendment applies to causes of action that accrue on or after July 1, 2017;  2017 Acts, ch 107, §5
IA Code § 147.140 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 147 - GENERAL PROVISIONS, HEALTH-RELATED PROFESSIONS|Section 147.140 - Expert witness — certificate of merit affidavit.

147.140 Expert witness — certificate of merit affidavit.   1. a. In any action for personal injury or wrongful death against a health care provider based upon the alleged negligence in the practice of that profession or occupation or in patient care, which includes a cause of action for which expert testimony is necessary to establish a prima facie case, the plaintiff shall, prior to the commencement of discovery in the case and within sixty days of the defendant’s answer, serve upon the defendant a certificate of merit affidavit signed by an expert witness with respect to the issue of standard of care and an alleged breach of the standard of care. The expert witness must meet the qualifying standards of section 147.139.   b. A certificate of merit affidavit must be signed by the expert witness and certify the purpose for calling the expert witness by providing under the oath of the expert witness all of the following:   (1) The expert witness’s statement of familiarity with the applicable standard of care.   (2) The expert witness’s statement that the standard of care was breached by the health care provider named in the petition.   c. A plaintiff shall serve a separate certificate of merit affidavit on each defendant named in the petition.   2. An expert witness’s certificate of merit affidavit does not preclude additional discovery and supplementation of the expert witness’s opinions in accordance with the rules of civil procedure.   3. The parties shall comply with the requirements of section 668.11 and all other applicable law governing certification and disclosure of expert witnesses.   4. The parties by agreement or the court for good cause shown and in response to a motion filed prior to the expiration of the time limits specified in subsection 1 may provide for extensions of the time limits. Good cause shall include but not be limited to the inability to timely obtain the plaintiff’s medical records from health care providers when requested prior to filing the petition.   5. If the plaintiff is acting pro se, the plaintiff shall have the expert witness sign the certificate of merit affidavit or answers to interrogatories referred to in this section and the plaintiff shall be bound by those provisions as if represented by an attorney.   6. Failure to substantially comply with subsection 1 shall result, upon motion, in dismissal with prejudice of each cause of action as to which expert witness testimony is necessary to establish a prima facie case.   7. For purposes of this section, “health care provider” means the same as defined in section 147.136A.  2017 Acts, ch 107, §4, 5  Section applies to causes of action that accrue on or after July 1, 2017;  2017 Acts, ch 107, §5
IA Code § 147.162 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH|Chapter 147 - GENERAL PROVISIONS, HEALTH-RELATED PROFESSIONS|Section 147.162 - Rules and directives relating to opioids.

147.162 Rules and directives relating to opioids.   1. Any board created under this chapter that licenses a prescribing practitioner shall adopt rules under chapter 17A establishing penalties for prescribing practitioners that prescribe opioids in dosage amounts exceeding what would be prescribed by a reasonably prudent prescribing practitioner engaged in the same practice.   2. For the purposes of this section, “prescribing practitioner” means a licensed health care professional with the authority to prescribe prescription drugs including opioids.  2018 Acts, ch 1138, §21