LAWS OF THE 2001 REGULAR SESSION
OF THE SEVENTY-NINTH
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA

CHAPTER 93

AUTHENTICATION PROCEDURES FOR MEDICATION AND STANDING ORDERS — HOSPITALS

S.F. 242 Bill History

AN ACT relating to the rules regarding the authentication of practitioners' medication and standing orders in hospitals and providing for a repeal.

Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa:

Section 1. NEW SECTION. 135B.7A PROCEDURES — ORDERS.

The department shall adopt rules that require hospitals to establish procedures for authentication of medication and standing orders by a practitioner within a period not to exceed thirty days following a patient's discharge.

Sec. 2. Section 135B.7A is repealed June 30, 2007.

Approved April 30, 2001

Updated: 26-Oct-2001 04:12 PM
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