231.63 - END-OF-LIFE CARE INFORMATION.
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.
Section History: Recent Form
2008 Acts, ch 1188, §30