Title IV, PUBLIC HEALTH (Ch. 123 - 158)

Except as otherwise provided, as used in this chapter : 1. “Adult” means an individual eighteen years of age or older. 2. “Attending physician” means the physician selected by, or assigned to, the patient who has primary responsibility for the treatment and care of the patient. 3…

1. A competent adult may execute a declaration at any time directing that life-sustaining procedures be withheld or withdrawn. The declaration shall be given operative effect only if the declarant’s condition is determined to be terminal and the declarant is not able to make trea…

1. A declaration may be revoked at any time and in any manner by which the declarant is able to communicate the declarant’s intent to revoke, without regard to mental or physical condition. A revocation is only effective as to the attending physician or attending physician assist…

When an attending physician who has been provided with a declaration determines that the declarant is in a terminal condition, this decision must be confirmed by another physician. The attending physician must record that determination in the declarant’s medical record. 85 Acts, …

1. A qualified patient has the right to make decisions regarding use of life-sustaining procedures as long as the qualified patient is able to do so. If a qualified patient is not able to make such decisions, the declaration shall govern decisions regarding use of life-sustaining…

1. Life-sustaining procedures may be withheld or withdrawn from a patient who is in a terminal condition and who is comatose, incompetent, or otherwise physically or mentally incapable of communication and has not made a declaration in accordance with this chapter if there is con…

1. If an attending physician or attending physician assistant issues an out-of-hospital do-not-resuscitate order for an adult patient under this section , the physician shall use the form prescribed pursuant to subsection 2 , include a copy of the order in the patient’s medical r…

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 an out-of-hospital do-not-resuscitate order pursuant to section 144A.7A , …

1. In the absence of actual notice of the revocation of a declaration or of an out-of-hospital do-not-resuscitate order, the following, while acting in accordance with the requirements of this chapter , are not subject to civil or criminal liability or guilty of unprofessional co…