{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-142c.5a","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 142C.5A","heading":"Search and notification.","body":"1. The following persons shall make a reasonable search of an individual who the person reasonably believes is dead or near death for a document of gift or other information identifying the individual as a donor or as an individual who made a refusal:\na. A law enforcement officer, fire fighter, paramedic, or other emergency rescuer finding the individual.\nb. If no other source of the information is immediately available, a hospital, as soon as practical after the individual’s arrival at the hospital.\n2. If a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift is located by the search required by subsection 1, paragraph “a”, and the individual or deceased individual to whom it relates is taken to a hospital, the person responsible for conducting the search shall deliver the document of gift or refusal to the hospital.\n3. A person is not subject to criminal or civil liability for failing to discharge the duties imposed by this section but may be subject to administrative sanctions.","path":["Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH (Ch. 123 - 158)","Chapter 142C - REVISED UNIFORM ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/142C.5A.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:03Z","sha256":"0c8c2f92c331ca9fc132a5f910f9cd0d4c5af8f29bebc66bd2a996afd904cf4b","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-142c.5","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-142c.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}