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1 1 Section 1. Section 147A.10, Code 2001, is amended by
1 2 adding the following new subsection:
1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 4. A physician, physician's designee,
1 4 advanced registered nurse practitioner, or physician assistant
1 5 who voluntarily and gratuitously, and other than in the
1 6 ordinary course of employment or practice, responds to a need
1 7 for medical care created by an emergency or a state or local
1 8 disaster, is not subject to criminal liability by reason of
1 9 having issued or executed the orders for such care that the
1 10 physician, physician's designee, advanced registered nurse
1 11 practitioner, or physician assistant is authorized to provide,
1 12 and is not liable for civil damages for acts or omissions
1 13 relating to the issuance or execution of the orders unless the
1 14 acts or omissions constitute recklessness.
1 15 Sec. 2. Section 148C.4, Code Supplement 2001, is amended
1 16 to read as follows:
1 17 148C.4 SERVICES PERFORMED BY ASSISTANTS.
1 18 1. A physician assistant may perform medical services when
1 19 the services are rendered under the supervision of the
1 20 physician or physicians specified in the physician assistant
1 21 license approved by the board. A trainee may perform medical
1 22 services when the services are rendered within the scope of an
1 23 approved program. For the purposes of this section, "medical
1 24 services rendered under the supervision of the physician or
1 25 physicians specified in the physician assistant license
1 26 approved by the board" includes making a pronouncement of
1 27 death for a patient whose death is anticipated if the death
1 28 occurs in a licensed hospital, a licensed health care
1 29 facility, a Medicare-certified home health agency, or a
1 30 Medicare-certified hospice program or facility, with notice of
1 31 the death to a physician and in accordance with the directions
1 32 of a physician.
1 33 2. Notwithstanding subsection 1, a physician assistant
1 34 licensed pursuant to this chapter or authorized to practice in
1 35 any other state who voluntarily and gratuitously, and other
2 1 than in the ordinary course of the physician assistant's
2 2 employment or practice, responds to a need for medical care
2 3 created by an emergency or a state or local disaster may
2 4 render such care that the physician assistant is able to
2 5 provide without the supervision of the physician or physicians
2 6 specified in the physician assistant license, or under such
2 7 supervision as is available. A physician who supervises a
2 8 physician assistant providing medical care pursuant to this
2 9 paragraph shall not be required to meet the requirements of
2 10 section 148C.3, subsection 4, relating to supervising
2 11 physician qualifications.
2 12 HF 2534
2 13 rn/es/25
Text: HF02533 Text: HF02535 Text: HF02500 - HF02599 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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