519.1 - AUTHORIZATION.

        519.1  AUTHORIZATION.         Any number of physicians and surgeons, osteopathic physicians and      surgeons, podiatric physicians, chiropractors, pharmacists, dentists,      and graduate nurses, licensed to practice their profession in this      state, and hospitals licensed under chapter 135B, may, by complying      with the provisions of this chapter and without regard to other      statutory provisions, enter into contracts with each other for the      purpose of protecting themselves by insurance against loss by reason      of actions at law on account of their alleged error, mistake,      negligence, or carelessness in the treatment and care of patients,      including the performance of surgical operations, or in the      prescribing and dispensing of drugs and medicines, or for loss by      reason of damages in other respects, and to reimburse any member in      case of such loss.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 9069; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73,      75, 77, 79, 81, § 519.1] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         95 Acts, ch 108, §19; 2008 Acts, ch 1088, §141         Action on liability policy, chapter 516