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Iowa Code § 707A.1 — Definitions
Current through 2026 Iowa Code (enactments effective on or before 2026-01-01, through the 2025 Regular Session, 91st G.A.)
Part of Chapter 707A: Assisting Suicide, Iowa Code.
Full text of Iowa Code § 707A.1
Statutory text current through the 2026 Iowa Code (enactments effective on or before 2026-01-01, through the 2025 Regular Session, 91st G.A.). This publication reproduces the statutory text of the official 2026 Iowa Code (Legislative Services Agency); it is not the official publication of the State of Iowa.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Licensed health care professional” means a physician and surgeon, podiatric physician, osteopathic physician and surgeon, physician assistant, nurse, dentist, or pharmacist required to be licensed under chapter 147.
2. “Suicide” means the act or instance of taking a person’s own life voluntarily and intentionally.
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