Terms Used In Iowa Code > Chapter 144E - Experimental Treatments for Terminally Ill Persons

• Board: means the board of hearing aid specialists. See Iowa Code 154A.1
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Eligible patient: means an individual who meets all of the following conditions:
   a. See Iowa Code 144E.2
• following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• License: means a license issued by the state under this chapter to a hearing aid specialist. See Iowa Code 154A.1
• Person: means a natural person. See Iowa Code 154A.1
• State: means a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See Iowa Code 152E.3
• Terminal illness: means a progressive disease or medical or surgical condition that entails significant functional impairment, that is not considered by a treating physician to be reversible even with administration of treatments approved by the United States food and drug administration, and that, without life-sustaining procedures, will result in death. See Iowa Code 144E.2
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• United States: includes all the states. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Written informed consent: means a written document that is signed by the patient, a parent of a minor patient, or a legal guardian or other legal representative of the patient and attested to by the patient's treating physician and a witness and that includes all of the following:
   a. See Iowa Code 144E.2