144A.5 Determination of terminal condition.
When an attending physician who has been provided with a declaration determines that the declarant is in a terminal condition, this decision must be confirmed by another physician. The attending physician must record that determination in the declarant’s medical record.
85 Acts, ch 3, §6
Referred to in §144A.8
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 144A - LIFE-SUSTAINING PROCEDURES
Section 144A.3 - Declaration relating to use of life-sustaining procedures.
Section 144A.4 - Revocation of declaration.
Section 144A.5 - Determination of terminal condition.
Section 144A.6 - Treatment of qualified patients.
Section 144A.7 - Procedure in absence of declaration.
Section 144A.7A - Out-of-hospital do-not-resuscitate orders.
Section 144A.8 - Transfer of patients.