{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-707a.1","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 707A.1","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:\n1. “Licensed health care professional” means a physician and surgeon, podiatric physician, osteopathic physician and surgeon, physician assistant, nurse, dentist, or pharmacist required to be licensed under chapter 147.\n2. “Suicide” means the act or instance of taking a person’s own life voluntarily and intentionally.","path":["Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE (Ch. 687 - 916)","Chapter 707A - ASSISTING SUICIDE"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/707A.1.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:17Z","sha256":"a4ab518ff045e851a84306060ddba4f1178fa2d9871babb3a2f38007be88f246","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-707.11","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-707a.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}