2011 Iowa Code
TITLE VI HUMAN SERVICES
SUBTITLE 4 ELDERS
CHAPTER 231 DEPARTMENT ON AGING — OLDER IOWANS
231.63 End-of-life care information.


IA Code § 231.63 What's This?

231.63 End-of-life care information.

1. The department shall consult with the Iowa medical society, the Iowa end-of-life coalition, the Iowa hospice organization, the university of Iowa palliative care program, and other health care professionals whose scope of practice includes end-of-life care to develop educational and patient-centered information on end-of-life care for terminally ill patients and health care professionals.

2. For the purposes of this section, end-of-life care means care provided to meet the physical, psychological, social, spiritual, and practical needs of terminally ill patients and their caregivers.

2008 Acts, ch 1188, §30

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