142C.5A Search and notification.
1. The following persons shall make a reasonable search of an individual who the person reasonably believes is dead or near death for a document of gift or other information identifying the individual as a donor or as an individual who made a refusal:
a. A law enforcement officer, fire fighter, paramedic, or other emergency rescuer finding the individual.
b. If no other source of the information is immediately available, a hospital, as soon as practical after the individual’s arrival at the hospital.
2. If a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift is located by the search required by subsection 1, paragraph “a”, and the individual or deceased individual to whom it relates is taken to a hospital, the person responsible for conducting the search shall deliver the document of gift or refusal to the hospital.
3. A person is not subject to criminal or civil liability for failing to discharge the duties imposed by this section but may be subject to administrative sanctions.
2007 Acts, ch 44, §7
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 142C - REVISED UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT
Section 142C.5A - Search and notification.
Section 142C.6 - Delivery of document of gift not required — right to examine.
Section 142C.7 - Confidential information.
Section 142C.8 - Rights and duties of procurement organizations and donors.
Section 142C.9 - Coordination of procurement and use.
Section 142C.10 - Sale or purchase of parts prohibited — penalty.
Section 142C.10A - Other prohibited acts — penalty.
Section 142C.12 - Service but not a sale.
Section 142C.12A - Law governing validity, choice of law, presumption of validity.
Section 142C.12B - Effect of anatomical gift on advance health care directive.
Section 142C.13 - Transitional provisions.
Section 142C.14 - Uniformity of application and construction.
Section 142C.14A - Electronic signatures.
Section 142C.16 - Anatomical gift public awareness advisory committee — established — duties.