| LAWS OF THE 2001 REGULAR SESSION OF THE SEVENTY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA |
Section 1. Section 85A.20, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
85A.20 INVESTIGATION.
The workers' compensation commissioner may designate the industrial hygiene
physician of the Iowa department of public health and two physicians selected by the dean of
the university of Iowa college of medicine
of the state university of Iowa, from the staff of
the college, who shall be qualified to diagnose and report on occupational diseases. For
the purpose of investigating occupational diseases, the physicians shall have the use,
without charge, of all necessary laboratory and other facilities of the
university of Iowa college of medicine and of the university hospital at the state university of Iowa, and of the
Iowa department of public health in performing its duties.
Sec. 2. Section 135.83, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
135.83 CONTRACTS FOR ASSISTANCE WITH ANALYSES, STUDIES, AND DATA.
In furtherance of the department's responsibilities under sections 135.76 and 135.78,
the director may contract with the association
of
Iowa hospitals and health
systems
hospital association and third party payers, the Iowa health care facilities association and
third party payers, or the Iowa association of homes for the aging and third party payers for
the establishment of pilot programs dealing with prospective rate review in hospitals or
health care facilities, or both. Such contract shall be subject to the approval of the executive
council and shall provide for an equitable representation of health care providers, third party
payers, and health care consumers in the determination of criterion for rate review. No
third party payer shall be excluded from positive financial incentives based upon volume of
gross patient revenues. No state or federal funds appropriated or available to the department
shall be used for any such pilot program.
Sec. 3. Section 142C.2, subsection 6, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
6. "Enucleator" means an individual who is certified by the department of
ophthalmology of the university of Iowa college of medicine
of the university of Iowa, or by the eye
bank association of America to remove or process eyes or parts of eyes.
Sec. 4. Section 142C.16, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
c. The association of Iowa
hospitals and health systems hospital association.
Sec. 5. Section 147A.2, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
An EMS advisory council shall be appointed by the director. Membership of the
council shall be comprised of individuals nominated from, but not limited to, the following state
or national organizations: Iowa osteopathic medical association, Iowa medical society,
American college of emergency physicians, Iowa physician assistant society, Iowa academy
of family physicians, university of Iowa hospitals and clinics, Iowa EMS association,
Iowa firemen's association, Iowa professional firefighters, EMS education programs
committee, EMS regional council, Iowa nurses association,
association of Iowa hospitals and
health systems hospital
association, and the Iowa state association of counties.
Sec. 6. Section 147A.24, subsection 1, paragraphs i and j, Code 2001, are amended to read as follows:
i. Association of Iowa
hospitals and health systems
hospital association representing rural hospitals.
j. Association of Iowa
hospitals and health systems
hospital association representing urban hospitals.
Sec. 7. Section 148D.1, subsection 2, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
2. "College of medicine" means the university of
Iowa college of medicine at the state University of
Iowa.
Sec. 8. Section 206.23, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
b. The dean, university of Iowa college of medicine,
University of Iowa, or the dean's designee;
Sec. 9. Section 225.2, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
225.2 NAME — LOCATION.
It shall be known as the state psychiatric hospital, and shall be located at Iowa City, and integrated with the university of Iowa college of medicine and university hospital of the state university of Iowa.
Sec. 10. Section 225.30, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
225.30 BLANKS — AUDIT.
The medical faculty of the
hospital of the university of
Iowa college of medicine of the state University of Iowa
shall prepare blanks containing such questions and requiring
such information as may be necessary and proper to be obtained by the physician who
examines a person or respondent whose referral to the state psychiatric hospital is contemplated.
A judge may request that a physician who examines a respondent as required by
section 229.10 complete such blanks in duplicate in the course of the examination. A
physician who proposes to file an information under section 225.10 shall obtain and complete
such blanks in duplicate and file them with the information. The blanks shall be printed by
the state and a supply thereof shall be sent to the clerk of each district court of the state.
The director of revenue and finance shall audit, allow, and pay the cost of the blanks as
other bills for public printing are allowed and paid.
Sec. 11. Section 225.33, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
225.33 DEATH OF PATIENT — DISPOSAL OF BODY.
In the event that a committed public patient or a voluntary public patient or a
committed private patient should die while at the state psychiatric hospital or at the
general university hospital
of the college of medicine of the state University of
Iowa, the state psychiatric hospital shall have the body prepared for shipment in accordance with the rules
prescribed by the state board of health for shipping such bodies; and it shall be the duty of the
state board of regents to make arrangements for the embalming and such other preparation
as may be necessary to comply with the rules and for the purchase of suitable caskets.
Sec. 12. Section 225B.3, subsection 1, paragraphs b, c, and d, Code 2001, are amended to read as follows:
b. Three providers of disability prevention services, recommended by the
Iowa governor's planning council
for developmental disabilities
council, appointed by the governor, and confirmed by the senate.
c. Three persons with expertise in priority prevention areas, recommended by the
Iowa governor's planning council for
developmental disabilities
council, appointed by the governor, and confirmed by the senate.
d. Three persons with disabilities or family members of a person with disabilities,
recommended by the Iowa governor's planning council for
developmental disabilities
council, appointed by the governor and confirmed by the senate.
Sec. 13. Section 225B.7, subsection 2, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
The council shall, during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1991, request grants from
the Iowa
governor's planning council for
developmental disabilities
council and from private foundations to defray a minimum of seventy-five percent of the costs of implementation
of this chapter. The funds shall be used to carry out the purposes of this chapter, including
but not limited to, any of the following purposes:
Sec. 14. Section 225C.6, subsection 1, paragraph k, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
k. Coordinate activities with the Iowa governor's planning council
for developmental disabilities council.
Sec. 15. Section 235C.2, subsection 8, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
8. A hospital administrator or the administrator's designee selected by the board of
the association of Iowa
hospitals and health systems hospital association.
Sec. 16. Section 235C.3, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
b. A health professional training campaign, including recommendations concerning
the curriculum offered at the university of
Iowa college of medicine at the state university of
Iowa
and Des Moines university — osteopathic medical center, providing assistance in the
identification of women at risk of substance abuse during pregnancy and strategies to be
employed in assisting those women to maintain healthy lifestyles during pregnancy.
This education campaign shall offer information to health professionals on assessment,
laboratory testing, and referrals.
Sec. 17. Section 249A.4, subsection 8, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
Shall advise and consult at least semiannually with a council composed of the
presidents of the following organizations, or a president's representative who is a member of the
organization represented by the president: the Iowa medical society, the Iowa
osteopathic medical association, the Iowa academy of family physicians,
the Iowa chapter of the American academy of
pediatrics, the Iowa physical therapy association, the Iowa
state dental society
association, the Iowa state nurses association, the Iowa
pharmacists pharmacy association, the Iowa
podiatry podiatric medical society, the Iowa optometric
association, the Iowa association of community providers, the Iowa psychological association,
the Iowa psychiatric society, the Iowa chapter of the national association of social
workers, the association of Iowa
hospitals and health systems
hospital association, the Iowa association of rural health clinics, the
Iowa osteopathic hospital association,
opticians' association of Iowa, inc., the Iowa
association of hearing aid society
health professionals, the Iowa speech, language,
and hearing association, the Iowa health care association, the Iowa
association for home care, the Iowa council of health care centers, the Iowa physician
assistant society, the Iowa association of nurse practitioners, the Iowa occupational therapy
association, and
the Iowa association of homes and services for the aging, the arc of Iowa
which was formerly known as the association for retarded citizens of Iowa, the alliance for
the mentally ill of Iowa, Iowa state association of counties, and the
Iowa
governor's
planning council for
developmental disabilities
council, together with one person designated by
the Iowa state board of
chiropractic
examiners
society; one state representative from each of
the two major political parties appointed by the speaker of the house, one state senator
from each of the two major political parties appointed by the president of the senate, after
consultation with the majority leader and the minority leader of the senate, each for a term of
two years; four public representatives, appointed by the governor for staggered terms of
two years each, none of whom shall be members of, or practitioners of, or have a
pecuniary interest in any of the professions or businesses represented by any of the several
professional groups and associations specifically represented on the council under this
subsection, and at least one of whom shall be a recipient of medical assistance; the director
of public health, or a representative designated by the director;
the dean of Des Moines university — osteopathic medical center, or a representative designated by the
dean; and the dean of the college of
medicine,
university of Iowa college of
medicine, or a representative designated by the dean.
Sec. 18. Section 255.29, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
255.29 MEDICAL CARE FOR PAROLEES AND PERSONS ON WORK RELEASE.
The director of the Iowa department of corrections may send former inmates of the
institutions provided for in section 904.102, while on parole or work release, to the hospital of
the university of Iowa college of medicine
of the state University of Iowa
for treatment and
care as provided in this chapter, without securing the order of the court required in other cases.
The director may pay the traveling expenses of any patient thus committed, and
when necessary the traveling expenses of an attendant of the patient out of funds appropriated
for the use of the department.
Sec. 19. Section 263.17, subsection 2, paragraph a, subparagraph (2), Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
(2) The state university of
Iowa department of pediatrics of the university of Iowa college of medicine.
Sec. 20. Section 691.5, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
691.5 STATE MEDICAL EXAMINER.
The office and position of state medical examiner is established for administrative purposes within the Iowa department of public health. Other state agencies shall cooperate with the state medical examiner in the use of state-owned facilities when appropriate for the performance of nonadministrative duties of the state medical examiner. The state medical examiner shall be a physician and surgeon or osteopathic physician and surgeon, be licensed to practice medicine in the state of Iowa, and be board certified or eligible to be board certified in anatomic and forensic pathology by the American board of pathology. The state medical examiner shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the director of public health upon the advice of and in consultation with the director of public safety and the governor. The state medical examiner, in consultation with the director of public health, shall be responsible for developing and administering the medical examiner's budget and for employment of medical examiner staff and assistants. The state medical examiner may be a faculty member of the university of Iowa college of medicine or the college of law at the university of Iowa, and any of the examiner's assistants or staff may be members of the faculty or staff of the university of Iowa college of medicine or the college of law at the university of Iowa.
Sec. 21. Section 691.6A, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
691.6A DEPUTY STATE MEDICAL EXAMINER — CREATION AND DUTIES.
The position of deputy state medical examiner is created within the office of the
state medical examiner. The deputy state medical examiner shall report to and be responsible
to the state medical examiner. The deputy state medical examiner shall meet the
qualification criteria established in section 691.5 for the state medical examiner and shall be subject to rules adopted by the state medical examiner as provided in section 691.6, subsection 3. The state medical examiner and the deputy state medical examiner shall function as a team, providing peer review as necessary, fulfilling each other's job responsibilities during times of absence, and working jointly to provide services and education to county medical examiners, law enforcement officials, hospital pathologists, and other individuals and entities. The deputy medical examiner may be, but is not required to be, a full-time salaried faculty member of the department of pathology of the university of Iowa college of medicine at the university of Iowa. If the medical examiner is a full-time salaried faculty member of the department of pathology of the university of Iowa college of medicine at the university of Iowa, the Iowa department of public health and the state board of regents shall enter into a chapter 28E agreement to define the activities and functions of the deputy medical examiner, and to allocate deputy medical examiner costs, consistent with the requirements of this section.
Approved April 25, 2001
Updated: 25-Oct-2001 05:49 PM
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