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House Journal: Page 937: Tuesday, April 1, 1997

H-1505

 1     Amend the amendment, H-1481, to House File 693 as
 2   follows:
 3     1.  Page 1, line 30, by inserting after the word
 4   "birthday" the following:  "or as provided in
 5   paragraph "a", whichever is later, unless the injury
 6   is to the child's reproductive system in which case
 7   the statute of limitations tolls until one year after
 8   the minor reaches the age of majority".
Amendment H-1505, to amendment H-1481, lost.
Boggess of Taylor in the chair at 7:22 p.m.
Kreiman of Davis asked and received unanimous consent to
withdraw amendment H-1506, to amendment H-1481, filed by him
from the floor.
Bell of Jasper asked and received unanimous consent to withdraw
amendment H-1507, to amendment H-1481, filed by him from the
floor.
Shoultz of Black Hawk offered amendment H-1508, to amendment
H-1481, filed by him from the floor as follows:

H-1508

 1     Amend the amendment, H-1481, to House File 693 as
 2   follows:
 3     1.  Page 1, line 30, by inserting after the word
 4   "birthday." the following:  "A physician and surgeon,
 5   osteopath, osteopathic physician and surgeon, dentist,
 6   podiatric physician, optometrist, pharmacist,
 7   chiropractor, physician assistant, or nurse licensed
 8   under chapter 147, or a hospital licensed under
 9   chapter 135B shall not assert this paragraph as a
10   defense unless an informed consent waiver which was
11   signed by the patient's parent or legal guardian prior
12   to the treatment in question is produced.  The
13   informed consent waiver shall state:
14     I am aware that any claim for damages arising from
15   any injury to or the death of my child, or the child
16   for whom I am the legal guardian, due to the treatment
17   the child is about to receive must be filed no later
18   than the child's eighth birthday, as the child will be
19   under the age of six when the treatment is performed.
20   I understand that this means my family will forever
21   forfeit any right to recover damages arising from this
22   treatment unless a claim is filed prior to the child's
23   eighth birthday, even if such treatment results in
24   injuries that are not discovered until after the
25   child's eighth birthday."

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