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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 707A.1 DEFINITIONS. 1 2 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise 1 3 requires: 1 4 1. "Licensed health care professional" means a physician 1 5 and surgeon, podiatrist, osteopath, osteopathic physician and 1 6 surgeon, physician assistant, nurse, dentist, or pharmacist 1 7 required to be licensed under chapter 147. 1 8 2. "Suicide" means the act or instance of taking a 1 9 person's own life voluntarily and intentionally. 1 10 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 707A.2 ASSISTING SUICIDE. 1 11 A person commits a class "C" felony if the person 1 12 intentionally or knowingly assists, solicits, or incites 1 13 another person to commit or attempt to commit suicide, or 1 14 participates in a physical act by which another person commits 1 15 or attempts to commit suicide. 1 16 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 707A.3 ACTS OR OMISSIONS NOT 1 17 CONSIDERED ASSISTING SUICIDE. 1 18 1. A licensed health care professional who administers, 1 19 prescribes, or dispenses medications or who performs or 1 20 prescribes procedures to relieve another person's pain or 1 21 discomfort, even if the medication or procedure may hasten or 1 22 increase the risk of death, does not violate section 707A.2 1 23 unless the medications or procedures are intentionally or 1 24 knowingly administered, prescribed, or dispensed with the 1 25 primary intention of causing death. 1 26 2. A licensed health care professional who withholds or 1 27 withdraws a life-sustaining procedure in compliance with 1 28 chapter 144A or 144B does not violate section 707A.2. 1 29 Sec. 4. Section 901.3, Code 1995, is amended by adding the 1 30 following new subsection: 1 31 NEW SUBSECTION. 7. Any mitigating circumstances relating 1 32 to the offense and the defendant's potential as a candidate 1 33 for deferred judgment, deferred sentencing, a suspended 1 34 sentence, or probation, if the defendant is charged with or 1 35 convicted of assisting suicide pursuant to section 707A.2. 2 1 SF 2066 2 2 pf/cc/26
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