144B.12 - GENERAL PROVISIONS.
144B.12 GENERAL PROVISIONS.
1. This chapter does not create a presumption concerning the
intention of an individual who has not executed a durable power of
attorney for health care and does not impair or supersede any right
or responsibility of an individual to consent, refuse to consent, or
withdraw consent to health care on behalf of another in the absence
of a durable power of attorney for health care.
2. This chapter shall not be construed to condone, authorize, or
approve any affirmative or deliberate act or omission which would
constitute mercy killing or euthanasia.
3. If after executing a durable power of attorney for health care
designating a spouse as attorney in fact, the marriage between the
principal and the attorney in fact is dissolved, the power is thereby
revoked. In the event of remarriage to each other, the power is
reinstated unless otherwise revoked by the principal.
4. It is the responsibility of the principal to provide for
notification of a health care provider of the terms of the
principal's durable power of attorney for health care. Section History: Recent Form
91 Acts, ch 140, §12