144A.8  Transfer of patients.

1.  An attending physician who is unwilling to comply with the requirements of section 144A.5 or who is unwilling to comply with the declaration of a qualified patient in accordance with section 144A.6 or who is unwilling to comply with the provisions of section 144A.7 shall take all reasonable steps to effect the transfer of the patient to another physician.

2.  If the policies of a health care provider preclude compliance with the declaration of a qualified patient under this chapter or preclude compliance with the provisions of section 144A.7, the provider shall take all reasonable steps to effect the transfer of the patient to a facility in which the provisions of this chapter can be carried out.

Section History: Recent form

  85 Acts, ch 3, §9


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