House
Study
Bill
19
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Introduced
SENATE/HOUSE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
DEPARTMENT
OF
CORRECTIONS
BILL)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
pronouncements
of
death
by
registered
1
nurses.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
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Section
1.
Section
152.1,
subsection
7,
paragraph
e,
Code
1
2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
e.
Make
the
pronouncement
of
death
for
a
patient
whose
death
3
is
anticipated
if
the
death
occurs
in
a
licensed
hospital,
4
a
licensed
health
care
facility,
a
correctional
institution
5
listed
in
section
904.102,
a
Medicare-certified
home
health
6
agency,
a
Medicare-certified
hospice
program
or
facility,
an
7
assisted
living
facility,
or
a
residential
care
facility,
with
8
notice
of
the
death
to
a
physician,
advanced
registered
nurse
9
practitioner,
or
physician
assistant.
10
EXPLANATION
11
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
12
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
13
This
bill
adds
correctional
institutions
under
the
control
14
of
the
department
of
corrections,
as
enumerated
in
Code
15
section
904.102,
to
the
list
of
places
where
a
nurse
may
16
make
a
pronouncement
of
death
for
a
patient
whose
death
is
17
anticipated.
Currently,
nurses
working
in
these
institutions
18
must
request
a
doctor
to
make
pronouncements
of
death.
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