Senate
File
415
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
415
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
HUMAN
RESOURCES
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
1039)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
allowing
an
advanced
registered
nurse
practitioner
and
a
1
physician
assistant
to
sign
a
death
certificate.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
142C.8,
subsection
10,
Code
2011,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
10.
The
physician
,
advanced
registered
nurse
practitioner,
3
or
physician
assistant
who
attends
the
decedent
at
death
and
4
the
physician
,
advanced
registered
nurse
practitioner,
or
5
physician
assistant
who
determines
the
time
of
death
shall
not
6
participate
in
the
procedures
for
removing
or
transplanting
a
7
part
from
the
decedent.
8
Sec.
2.
Section
144.26,
subsection
1,
Code
2011,
is
amended
9
to
read
as
follows:
10
1.
a.
A
death
certificate
for
each
death
which
occurs
11
in
this
state
shall
be
filed
as
directed
by
the
state
12
registrar
within
three
days
after
the
death
and
prior
to
final
13
disposition,
and
shall
be
registered
by
the
county
registrar
14
if
it
has
been
completed
and
filed
in
accordance
with
this
15
chapter
.
A
death
certificate
shall
include
the
social
security
16
number,
if
provided,
of
the
deceased
person.
All
information
17
including
the
certifying
physician’s
,
advanced
registered
18
nurse
practitioner’s,
or
physician
assistant’s
name
shall
be
19
typewritten
,
unless
submitted
electronically
.
20
b.
An
advanced
registered
nurse
practitioner
or
physician
21
assistant
authorized
to
certify
a
death
shall
be
licensed
in
22
this
state;
shall
have
been
in
charge
of
the
deceased
patient’s
23
care;
and
shall
have
successfully
completed
a
training
24
course
relating
to
the
preparation
and
completion
of
a
death
25
certificate
which
has
been
approved
by
the
department
of
public
26
health
by
rule.
27
Sec.
3.
Section
144.28,
subsection
1,
paragraphs
b
and
e,
28
Code
2011,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
29
b.
Unless
there
is
a
nonnatural
cause
of
death,
the
medical
30
certification
shall
be
completed
and
signed
by
the
physician
,
31
advanced
registered
nurse
practitioner,
or
physician
assistant
32
in
charge
of
the
patient’s
care
for
the
illness
or
condition
33
which
resulted
in
death
within
seventy-two
hours
after
34
receipt
of
the
death
certificate
from
the
funeral
director
or
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individual
who
initially
assumes
custody
of
the
body.
1
e.
If
upon
inquiry
into
a
death,
the
county
or
state
medical
2
examiner
determines
that
a
preexisting
natural
disease
or
3
condition
was
the
likely
cause
of
death
and
that
the
death
does
4
not
affect
the
public
interest
as
described
in
section
331.802,
5
subsection
3
,
the
medical
examiner
may
elect
to
defer
to
the
6
physician
,
advanced
registered
nurse
practitioner,
or
physician
7
assistant
in
charge
of
the
patient’s
preexisting
condition
the
8
certification
of
the
cause
of
death.
9
EXPLANATION
10
This
bill
allows
an
advanced
registered
nurse
practitioner
11
or
a
physician
assistant
to
sign
a
death
certificate,
unless
12
there
is
a
nonnatural
cause
of
death.
The
bill
requires
such
13
persons
to
be
licensed
in
Iowa,
have
been
in
charge
of
the
14
deceased
patient’s
care,
and
have
successfully
completed
a
15
training
course
relating
to
death
certificates.
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