135B.31 Exceptions.
This subchapter is not intended and shall not affect in any way the obligation of public hospitals under chapter 347 or municipal hospitals to provide medical care or treatment to patients of certain entitlement, nor the operation by the state of mental or other hospitals authorized by law. This subchapter shall not in any way affect or limit the practice of dentistry or the practice of oral surgery by a dentist.
[C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §135B.31]
87 Acts, ch 233, §427; 2005 Acts, ch 167, §44, 66; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 135B - LICENSURE AND REGULATION OF HOSPITALS
Section 135B.4 - Application for license.
Section 135B.5 - Issuance and renewal of license.
Section 135B.5A - Conversion of a hospital.
Section 135B.6 - Denial, suspension, or revocation of license — hearings and review.
Section 135B.7 - Rules and enforcement.
Section 135B.7A - Procedures — orders.
Section 135B.8 - Effective date of rules.
Section 135B.10 - Hospital licensing board.
Section 135B.11 - Functions of hospital licensing board — compensation.
Section 135B.12 - Confidentiality.
Section 135B.13 - Annual report of department.
Section 135B.14 - Judicial review.
Section 135B.17 - Construction.
Section 135B.18 - County care facilities exempted.
Section 135B.18A - Universal newborn and infant hearing screening.
Section 135B.19 - Title of subchapter.
Section 135B.20 - Definitions.
Section 135B.21 - Functions of hospital.
Section 135B.22 - Character of services.
Section 135B.23 - Agreement with doctor.
Section 135B.25 - Hiring and dismissal of technicians.
Section 135B.26 - Compensation.
Section 135B.27 - Admission agreement.
Section 135B.28 - Hospital bill.
Section 135B.30 - Radiology and pathology fees.
Section 135B.32 - Construction.
Section 135B.33 - Technical assistance — plan — grants.
Section 135B.34 - Hospital employees — criminal history and abuse record checks — penalty.
Section 135B.35 - Pediatric congenital heart surgery — public reporting of data — patient education.