Iowa Code 707A.3 – Acts or omissions not considered assisting suicide
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- person: means individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
707A.3 Acts or omissions not considered assisting suicide.
1. A licensed health care professional who administers, prescribes, or dispenses medications or who performs or prescribes procedures to relieve another person‘s pain or discomfort, even if the medication or procedure may hasten or increase the risk of death, does not violate § 707A.2 unless the medications or procedures are intentionally or knowingly administered, prescribed, or dispensed with the primary intention of causing death.
2. A licensed health care professional who withholds or withdraws a life-sustaining procedure in compliance with chapter 144A or 144B does not violate § 707A.2.
96 Acts, ch 1002, §3
1. A licensed health care professional who administers, prescribes, or dispenses medications or who performs or prescribes procedures to relieve another person‘s pain or discomfort, even if the medication or procedure may hasten or increase the risk of death, does not violate § 707A.2 unless the medications or procedures are intentionally or knowingly administered, prescribed, or dispensed with the primary intention of causing death.
2. A licensed health care professional who withholds or withdraws a life-sustaining procedure in compliance with chapter 144A or 144B does not violate § 707A.2.
96 Acts, ch 1002, §3