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2018 Iowa Code
Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 707A - ASSISTING SUICIDE
Section 707A.3 - Acts or omissions not considered assisting suicide.
Universal Citation: IA Code § 707A.3 (2018)
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 section 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 section 707A.2.
96 Acts, ch 1002, §3
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