{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-704.9","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 704.9","heading":"Death.","body":"A physician or a person acting on the direct orders of a physician who ceases to provide medical attention to a person who is dead, as death is defined in section 702.8, shall not be criminally liable for such cessation of medical attention.","path":["Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE (Ch. 687 - 916)","Chapter 704 - FORCE — REASONABLE OR DEADLY — DEFENSES"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/704.9.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:17Z","sha256":"ab811891bf40c44ae10594eca7f61b1f7f8a74a28cba0842d7f712125d1bd489","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-704.8","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-704.10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}