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Iowa Code § 144A.4

Revocation of declaration

Known as the Life-sustaining Procedures Act

The act spans §§ 144–144 (13 sections).

1. A declaration may be revoked at any time and in any manner by which the declarant is able to communicate the declarant’s intent to revoke, without regard to mental or physical condition. A revocation is only effective as to the attending physician or attending physician assistant upon communication to such physician or physician assistant by the declarant or by another to whom the revocation was communicated.

2. The attending physician or attending physician assistant shall make the revocation a part of the declarant’s medical record.

85 Acts, ch 3, §5; 2022 Acts, ch 1066, §13

Official source: Iowa Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Iowa statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.