Iowa Code § 702.18
Serious injury
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Current — January 1, 2013
As of January 1, 2012
1. “Serious injury” means any of the following:
1. “Serious injury” means any of the following:
a. Disabling mental illness.
a. Disabling mental illness.
b. Bodily injury which does any of the following:
b. Bodily injury which does any of the following:
(1) Creates a substantial risk of death.
(1) Creates a substantial risk of death.
(2) Causes serious permanent disfigurement.
(2) Causes serious permanent disfigurement.
(3) Causes protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ.
(3) Causes protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ.
c. Any injury to a child that requires surgical repair and necessitates the administration of general anesthesia.
c. Any injury to a child that requires surgical repair and necessitates the administration of general anesthesia.
2. “Serious injury” includes but is not limited to skull fractures, rib fractures, and metaphyseal fractures of the long bones of children under the age of four years.
2. “Serious injury” includes but is not limited to skull fractures, rib fractures, and metaphyseal fractures of the long bones of children under the age of four years.
94 Acts, ch 1172, §41; 99 Acts, ch 11, §1
94 Acts, ch 1172, §41; 99 Acts, ch 11, §1
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