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Iowa Code § 136A.2

Definitions

Redline — January 1, 2012 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2026
As of January 1, 2012
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Attending health care provider” means a licensed physician, nurse practitioner, certified nurse midwife, or physician assistant.
1. “Attending health care provider” means a licensed physician, nurse practitioner, certified nurse midwife, or physician assistant.
2. “Congenital disorder” means an abnormality existing prior to or at birth, including a stillbirth, that adversely affects the health and development of a fetus, newborn, child, or adult, including a structural malformation or a genetic, chromosomal, inherited, or biochemical disorder.
2. “Congenital disorder” means an abnormality existing prior to or at birth, including a stillbirth, that adversely affects the health and development of a fetus, newborn, child, or adult, including a structural malformation or a genetic, chromosomal, inherited, or biochemical disorder.
3. “Council” means the council on health and human services.
3. “Department” means the Iowa department of public health.
4. “Department” means the department of health and human services.
4. “Disorder” means a congenital or inherited disorder.
5. “Disorder” means a congenital or inherited disorder.
5. “Genetics” means the study of inheritance and how genes contribute to health conditions and the potential for disease.
6. “Genetics” means the study of inheritance and how genes contribute to health conditions and the potential for disease.
6. “Genomics” means the functions and interactions of all human genes and their variation within human populations, including their interaction with environmental factors, and their contribution to health.
7. “Genomics” means the functions and interactions of all human genes and their variation within human populations, including their interaction with environmental factors, and their contribution to health.
7. “Inherited disorder” means a condition caused by an abnormal change in a gene or genes passed from a parent or parents to their child. Onset of the disorder may be prior to or at birth, during childhood, or in adulthood.
8. “Inherited disorder” means a condition caused by an abnormal change in a gene or genes passed from a parent or parents to their child. Onset of the disorder may be prior to or at birth, during childhood, or in adulthood.
8. “Stillbirth” means an unintended fetal death occurring after a gestation period of twenty completed weeks, or an unintended fetal death of a fetus with a weight of three hundred fifty or more grams.
9. “Stillbirth” means an unintended fetal death occurring after a gestation period of twenty completed weeks, or an unintended fetal death of a fetus with a weight of three hundred fifty or more grams.
Former §136A.2 repealed by 2004 Acts, ch 1031, §11

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