Text: HF00353 Text: HF00355 Text: HF00300 - HF00399 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 HOUSE FILE 354 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 RELATING TO THE PRONOUNCEMENT OF DEATH BY A PHYSICIAN 1 5 ASSISTANT, A LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE, OR A REGISTERED NURSE. 1 6 1 7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 8 1 9 Section 1. Section 148C.4, Code 2001, is amended to read 1 10 as follows: 1 11 148C.4 SERVICES PERFORMED BY ASSISTANTS. 1 12 A physician assistant may perform medical services when the 1 13 services are rendered under the supervision of the physician 1 14 or physicians specified in the physician assistant license 1 15 approved by the board. A trainee may perform medical services 1 16 when the services are rendered within the scope of an approved 1 17 program. For the purposes of this section, "medical services 1 18 rendered under the supervision of the physician or physicians 1 19 specified in the physician assistant license approved by the 1 20 board" includes making a pronouncement of death for a patient 1 21 whose death is anticipated if the death occurs in a licensed 1 22 hospital, a licensed health care facility, a Medicare- 1 23 certified home health agency, or a Medicare-certified hospice 1 24 program or facility, with notice of the death to a physician 1 25 and in accordance with the directions of a physician. 1 26 Sec. 2. Section 152.1, subsection 4, Code 2001, is amended 1 27 by adding the following new paragraph: 1 28 NEW PARAGRAPH. c. Make the pronouncement of death for a 1 29 patient whose death is anticipated if the death occurs in a 1 30 licensed hospital, a licensed health care facility, a 1 31 Medicare-certified home health agency, or a Medicare-certified 1 32 hospice program or facility, with notice of the death to a 1 33 physician and in accordance with any directions of a 1 34 physician. 1 35 Sec. 3. Section 152.1, subsection 6, Code 2001, is amended 2 1 by adding the following new paragraph after paragraph d: 2 2 NEW PARAGRAPH. dd. Make the pronouncement of death for a 2 3 patient whose death is anticipated if the death occurs in a 2 4 licensed hospital, a licensed health care facility, a 2 5 Medicare-certified home health agency, or a Medicare-certified 2 6 hospice program or facility, with notice of the death to a 2 7 physician and in accordance with any directions of a 2 8 physician. 2 9 Sec. 4. Section 152.1, subsection 6, paragraph e, Code 2 10 2001, is amended to read as follows: 2 11 e. Apply to the abilities enumerated in paragraphs "a" 2 12 through"d""dd" of this subsection scientific principles, 2 13 including the principles of nursing skills and of biological, 2 14 physical, and psychosocial sciences. 2 15 Sec. 5. Section 702.8, Code 2001, is amended to read as 2 16 follows: 2 17 702.8 DEATH. 2 18 "Death" means the condition determined by the following 2 19 standard: A person will be considered dead if in the 2 20 announced opinion of a physician,licensed pursuant to chapter 2 21 148, 150, or 150A, a physician assistant licensed pursuant to 2 22 chapter 148C, or a registered nurse or a licensed practical 2 23 nurse licensed pursuant to chapter 152, based on ordinary 2 24 standards of medical practice, that person has experienced an 2 25 irreversible cessation of spontaneous respiratory and 2 26 circulatory functions. In the event that artificial means of 2 27 support preclude a determination that these functions have 2 28 ceased, a person will be considered dead if in the announced 2 29 opinion of two physicians, based on ordinary standards of 2 30 medical practice, that person has experienced an irreversible 2 31 cessation of spontaneous brain functions. Death will have 2 32 occurred at the time when the relevant functions ceased. 2 33 2 34 2 35 3 1 BRENT SIEGRIST 3 2 Speaker of the House 3 3 3 4 3 5 3 6 MARY E. KRAMER 3 7 President of the Senate 3 8 3 9 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and 3 10 is known as House File 354, Seventy-ninth General Assembly. 3 11 3 12 3 13 3 14 MARGARET THOMSON 3 15 Chief Clerk of the House 3 16 Approved , 2001 3 17 3 18 3 19 3 20 THOMAS J. VILSACK 3 21 Governor
Text: HF00353 Text: HF00355 Text: HF00300 - HF00399 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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