HF 232 (LSB 1196HV (4) 87)

RELATING TO PRONOUNCEMENTS OF DEATH BY REGISTERED NURSES  AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS.  

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 152.1, subsection 7, paragraph e, Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   e.  Make the pronouncement of death for a patient whose death is anticipated if the death occurs in a licensed hospital, a licensed health care facility, a correctional institution listed in section 904.102, a Medicare-certified home health agency, a Medicare-certified hospice program or facility, an assisted living facility, or a residential care facility, with notice of the death to a physician, advanced registered nurse practitioner, or physician assistant.
    Sec. 2.  Section 148C.4, subsection 1, Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  A physician assistant may perform medical services when the services are rendered under the supervision of a physician. A physician assistant student may perform medical services when the services are rendered within the scope of an approved program. For the purposes of this section, “medical services when the services are rendered under the supervision of a physician” includes making a pronouncement of death for a patient whose death is anticipated if the death occurs in a licensed hospital, a licensed health care facility, a correctional institution listed in section 904.102, a Medicare-certified home health agency, or a Medicare-certified hospice program or facility, with notice of the death to a physician and in accordance with the directions of a physician.

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LINDA UPMEYER
Speaker of the House

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JACK WHITVER
President of the Senate

   I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 232, Eighty-seventh General Assembly.

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CARMINE BOAL
Chief Clerk of the House

Approved _______________, 2017

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TERRY E. BRANSTAD
Governor