Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 641 - Public Health Department › Chapter 100 - Establishment of New Certificates of Birth › Rule 641-100.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
For the purpose of this chapter, the definitions in 641-Chapter
				95 shall apply. In addition, the following definitions shall apply solely to
				this chapter:
"Abortion "
means the termination of a human
				pregnancy with the intent other than to produce a live birth or to remove a
				dead fetus.
"Adult,"
when used in reference to the mutual
				consent voluntary adoption registry, means an individual who has reached the
				age of 18 years at the time application is made.
"Aggregate form "
means a compilation of the
				information received by the department on the Statistical Report of Termination
				of Pregnancy form for each item listed, with the exception of the report
				tracking number, the health care provider code, and any set of data for which
				the number is so small that the confidentiality of any person to whom the
				information relates may be compromised.
"Attempt to perform an abortion"
means an act,
				or an omission of a statutorily required act, that, under the circumstances as
				the actor believes them to be, constitutes a substantial step in a course of
				conduct planned to culminate in the performing of an abortion.
"Child, "
when used in reference to the
				declaration of paternity registry, means a person under 18 years of age for
				whom paternity has not been established.
"Court"
means the juvenile court when used in
				reference to the declaration of paternity registry.
"Father "
means the male, biological parent of
				a child when used in reference to the declaration of paternity registry.
"Fertilization "
means the fusion of a human
				spermatozoon with a human ovum.
"Health care provider"
means an individual
				licensed under Iowa Code chapter 148, 148C, 148D, or 152, or any individual who
				provides medical services under the authorization of the licensee.
"Inducing a termination of pregnancy"
means
				the use of any means to terminate the pregnancy of a woman known to be pregnant
				with the intent other than to produce a live birth or to remove a dead fetus.
				"Inducing a termination of pregnancy" includes abortion.
"Major bodily function "
includes but is not
				limited to functions of the immune system, normal cell growth, and digestive,
				bowel, bladder, neurological, brain, respiratory, circulatory, endocrine, and
				reproductive functions.
"Medical emergency"
means a situation in which
				an abortion is performed to preserve the life of the pregnant woman whose life
				is endangered by a physical disorder, physical illness, or physical injury,
				including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the
				pregnancy, or when continuation of the pregnancy will create a serious risk of
				substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of the
				pregnant woman.
"Medical facility"
means any public or private
				hospital, clinic, center, medical school, medical training institution, health
				care facility, physician's office, infirmary, dispensary, ambulatory surgical
				center, or other institution or location where medical care is provided to any
				person.
"Perform, " "performed, "
or
"performing, "
relative to an abortion, means the use of any
				means, including medical or surgical, to terminate the pregnancy of a woman
				known to be pregnant with the intent other than to produce a live birth or to
				remove a dead fetus.
"Physician "
means a person licensed under
				Iowa Code chapter 148.
"Postfertilization age "
means the age of the
				unborn child as calculated from fertilization.
"Probable postfertilization age "
means what,
				in reasonable medical judgment, will with reasonable probability be the
				postfertilization age of the unborn child at the time the abortion is to be
				performed.
"Reasonable medical judgment"
means a medical
				judgment made by a reasonably prudent physician who is knowledgeable about the
				case and the treatment possibilities with respect to the medical conditions
				involved.
"Registrant, "
when used in reference to the
				declaration of paternity registry, means a person who has registered and claims
				to be the father of a child.
"Registry"
means the declaration of paternity
				registry or the mutual consent voluntary adoption registry.
"Sibling "
means one of two or more persons
				who are born of the same parents or, sometimes, who have at least one parent in
				common. "Sibling" also means brother or sister when used in reference to the
				mutual consent voluntary adoption registry.
"Spontaneous termination of pregnancy"
means
				the occurrence of an unintended termination of pregnancy at any time during the
				period from conception to 20 weeks gestation and which is not a spontaneous
				termination of pregnancy at any time during the period from 20 weeks or greater
				which is reported to the department as a fetal death under Iowa Code chapter
				144.
"Unborn child"
means an individual organism of
				the species
Homo sapiens
from fertilization until live
				birth.