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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 144A.3, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code 1 2 1999, is amended by adding the following new unnumbered 1 3 paragraph: 1 4 NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH. Notwithstanding any provision of 1 5 this paragraph "a" to the contrary, a chaplain or other 1 6 religious leader or a social worker licensed pursuant to 1 7 chapter 154C, who is officially associated with or employed by 1 8 a health care provider, may act as a witness for a 1 9 declaration. 1 10 Sec. 2. Section 144B.3, subsection 2, Code 1999, is 1 11 amended by adding the following new unnumbered paragraph: 1 12 NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH. Notwithstanding any provision of 1 13 this subsection to the contrary, a chaplain or other religious 1 14 leader or a social worker licensed pursuant to chapter 154C, 1 15 who is officially associated with or employed by a health care 1 16 provider, may act as a witness for a durable power of attorney 1 17 for health care. 1 18 EXPLANATION 1 19 This bill provides that a chaplain or other religious 1 20 leader or a licensed social worker, who is officially 1 21 associated with or employed by a health care provider, may act 1 22 as a witness to a declaration executed under the life- 1 23 sustaining procedures law or to a durable power of attorney 1 24 for health care document. 1 25 LSB 5034HH 78 1 26 pf/as/5
Text: HF02005 Text: HF02007 Text: HF02000 - HF02099 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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