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Iowa Code § 707A.1 (2026)

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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. 96 Acts, ch 1002, §1; 96 Acts, ch 1079, §19; 2008 Acts, ch 1088, §141 \n

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2011–2011 · leading case: Todd A. Mulhern, Individually & as Rep. of the Est. of Elizabeth M. Von Linden v. Catholic Health Initiatives A/K/A Catholic Health Initiatives Iowa Corp. D/B/A Mercy Franklin Ctr. &/or Mercy Hosp. &/or Mercy Psychiatric Servs., 799 N.W.2d 104 (Iowa 2011).

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Todd A. Mulhern, Individually & as Rep. of the Est. of Elizabeth M. Von Linden v. Catholic Health Initiatives A/K/A Catholic Health Initiatives Iowa Corp. D/B/A Mercy Franklin Ctr. &/or Mercy Hosp. &/or Mercy Psychiatric Servs., 799 N.W.2d 104 (Iowa 2011). · cites it 4× “2002); see also Iowa Code § 707A.1 (defining suicide for the purpose of the assisted suicide statute as “the act or instance of taking a person’s own life voluntarily and intentionally”).”

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