1. The director shall establish within the department a program to provide financial assistance to eligible persons with end-stage renal disease who require lifesaving services for the renal disease, but are unable to pay for the service on a continuing basis.
2. As used in this division, unless the context otherwise requires:
a. "Director" means the director of public health.
b. "Committee" means the renal disease advisory committee.
c. "Department" means the Iowa department of public health.
d. "End-stage renal disease" means kidney failure which has progressed enough to require dialysis treatment or a kidney transplant to sustain life.
e. "Patient" means a person with end-stage renal disease who applies to the department for financial assistance and who is approved to receive the assistance.
f. "Physician" means a person who is licensed under chapter 148, 150, or 150A.
g. "Program" means the chronic renal disease program conducted by the department.
h. "Provider" means a professional or a public or private organization which provides services, directly or indirectly, for the treatment of end-stage renal disease.
[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 135.45; 82 Acts, ch 1074, § 1]
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