135B.20 - DEFINITIONS.
135B.20 DEFINITIONS.
Definitions as used in this division:
1. "Doctor" shall mean any person licensed to practice
medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery in this
state.
2. "Employees" as used in section 135B.24, and
"employment" as used in section 135B.25, shall include and
pertain to members of the religious order operating the hospital even
though the relationship of employer and employee does not exist
between such members and the hospital.
3. "Hospital" shall mean all hospitals licensed under this
chapter.
4. "Joint conference committee" shall mean the joint
conference committee as required by the joint commission on
accreditation of health care organizations or, in a hospital having
no such committee, a similar committee, an equal number of which
shall be members of the medical staff selected by the staff and an
equal number of which shall be selected by the governing board of the
hospital.
5. "Technician" shall mean technologist as well.
[C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 135B.20] Section History: Recent Form
98 Acts, ch 1100, §16; 2008 Acts, ch 1088, § 141; 2009 Acts, ch
133, §35