Iowa Code 147A.28 – Prohibited acts
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Terms Used In Iowa Code 147A.28
- Director: means the director of the Iowa department of public health. See Iowa Code 147A.1
- Emergency care facility: means a physician's office, clinic, or other health care center which provides emergency medical care in conjunction with other primary care services. See Iowa Code 147A.21
- Hospital: means a facility licensed under chapter 135B, or a comparable emergency care facility located and licensed in another state. See Iowa Code 147A.21
- Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
- Trauma: means a single or multisystem life-threatening or limb-threatening injury, or an injury requiring immediate medical or surgical intervention or treatment to prevent death or permanent disability. See Iowa Code 147A.21
- Trauma care facility: means a hospital or emergency care facility which provides trauma care and has been verified by the department as having level I, II, III, or IV care capabilities and issued a certificate of verification pursuant to section 147A. See Iowa Code 147A.21
- Verification: means a formal process by which the department certifies a hospital or emergency care facility's capacity to provide trauma care in accordance with criteria established for level I, II, III, and IV trauma care facilities. See Iowa Code 147A.21
- Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
A hospital or emergency care facility that imparts or conveys, or causes to be imparted or conveyed, that it is a trauma care facility, or that uses any other term to indicate or imply that the hospital or emergency care facility is a trauma care facility without having obtained a certificate of verification under this subchapter is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed one hundred dollars per day for each offense. In addition, the director may apply to the district court for a writ of injunction to restrain the use of the term “trauma care facility”. However, nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to restrict a hospital or emergency facility from providing any services for which it is duly authorized.