§ 144B.1 — Definitions

Iowa § 144B.1

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title IV: PUBLIC HEALTH
• Ch. 144B: DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR HEALTH CARE

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For purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Attorneyinfact”meansanindividualwhoisdesignatedbyadurablepowerofattorney
for health care as an agent to make health care decisions on behalf of a principal and has
consented to act in that capacity.
2. “Designee” means a person named in a declaration under chapter 144C.
3. “Durable power of attorney for health care” means a document authorizing an attorney
infacttomakehealthcaredecisionsfortheprincipaliftheprincipalisunable,inthejudgment
of the attending physician or attending physician assistant, to make health care decisions.
4. “Health care” means any care, treatment, service, or procedure to maintain, diagnose,
or treat an individual’s physical or mental condition. “Health care” does not include the
provision of nutrition or hydration except when they are required to be provided parenterally
or through intubation.
5. “Health care decision” means the consent, refusal of consent, or withdrawal of consent
to health care.
6. “Health care provider” means a person who is licensed, certified, or otherwise
authorized or permitted by the law of this state to administer health care in the ordinary
course of business or in the practice of a profession.
7. “Principal” means a person age eighteen or older who has executed a durable power of
attorney for health care.