§ 144B.12 — General provisions

Iowa § 144B.12

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

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1. This chapter does not create a presumption concerning the intention of an individual
who has not executed a durable power of attorney for health care and does not impair
or supersede any right or responsibility of an individual to consent, refuse to consent, or
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withdraw consent to health care on behalf of another in the absence of a durable power of
attorney for health care.
2. This chapter shall not be construed to condone, authorize, or approve any affirmative
or deliberate act or omission which would constitute mercy killing or euthanasia.
3. If after executing a durable power of attorney for health care designating a spouse as
attorney in fact, the marriage between the principal and the attorney in fact is dissolved, the
power is thereby revoked. In the event of remarriage to each other, the power is reinstated
unless otherwise revoked by the principal.
4. Itistheresponsibilityoftheprincipaltoprovidefornotificationofahealthcareprovider
of the terms of the principal’s durable power of attorney for health care.