Iowa Code § 144G.1: Withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures from minor child — court intervention.

1. A court of law or equity shall not have the authority to require the withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures from a minor child over the objection of the minor child’s parent or guardian, unless there is conclusive medical evidence that the minor child has died and any electronic brain, heart, or respiratory monitoring activity exhibited to the contrary is a false artifact.

2. For the purposes of this section:

a. “Life-sustaining procedure” means the same as defined in section 144A.2.

b. “Minor” means the same as specified in section 599.1.