SSB 1012 (LSB 1196XD (3) 87)

SENATE/HOUSE FILE _____

BY  (PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS BILL)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to pronouncements of death by registered nurses. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 152.1, subsection 7, paragraph e, Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   e.  Make the pronouncement of death for a patient whose death is anticipated if the death occurs in a licensed hospital, a licensed health care facility, a correctional institution listed in section 904.102, a Medicare-certified home health agency, a Medicare-certified hospice program or facility, an assisted living facility, or a residential care facility, with notice of the death to a physician, advanced registered nurse practitioner, or physician assistant.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill adds correctional institutions under the control of the department of corrections, as enumerated in Code section 904.102, to the list of places where a nurse may make a pronouncement of death for a patient whose death is anticipated. Currently, nurses working in these institutions must request a doctor to make pronouncements of death.