231.63 - END-OF-LIFE CARE INFORMATION. - Iowa Statutes

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