Bill Text: IA HF2 | 2025-2026 | 91st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the qualifications of a county medical examiner.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-14 - Subcommittee: Ingels, Matson and Meyer, A. H.J. 60. [HF2 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2025-HF2-Introduced.html
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BY
A.
MEYER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
qualifications
of
a
county
medical
1
examiner.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
331.801,
subsection
2,
Code
2025,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
2.
To
serve
as
a
county
medical
examiner
,
a
person
shall
be
3
licensed
in
this
state
as
a
doctor
of
medicine
and
surgery,
a
4
doctor
of
osteopathic
medicine
and
surgery,
or
an
osteopathic
5
physician
,
an
advanced
registered
nurse
practitioner,
or
a
6
physician
assistant
.
The
medical
examiner
shall
be
appointed
7
by
the
board
from
lists
of
two
or
more
names
submitted
by
the
8
medical
society
and
,
any
of
its
allied
medical
societies,
or
9
the
osteopathic
society
of
the
county
in
which
the
candidate
10
resides.
If
names
are
not
submitted
by
either
society
any
of
11
these
societies
,
the
board
may
appoint
any
licensed
physician,
12
osteopathic
physician
and
surgeon,
or
osteopathic
physician
,
13
advanced
registered
nurse
practitioner,
or
physician
assistant
14
of
the
county.
If
a
qualified
physician
,
advanced
registered
15
nurse
practitioner,
or
physician
assistant
of
the
county
16
will
not
serve,
the
board
may
appoint
a
physician
,
advanced
17
registered
nurse
practitioner,
or
physician
assistant
from
18
another
county.
If
a
county
medical
examiner
is
unable
to
19
serve
in
a
particular
case
or
for
a
period
of
time,
the
medical
20
examiner
shall
promptly
notify
the
chairperson
of
the
board
21
who
shall
designate
some
other
qualified
physician
,
advanced
22
registered
nurse
practitioner,
or
physician
assistant
to
serve
23
temporarily.
24
EXPLANATION
25
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
26
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
27
This
bill
relates
to
the
qualifications
of
a
person
who
28
may
serve
as
a
county
medical
examiner.
Under
current
law,
29
a
licensed
physician,
osteopathic
physician
and
surgeon,
or
30
osteopathic
physician
may
be
appointed
by
the
county
board
of
31
supervisors
to
serve
as
a
county
medical
examiner.
The
bill
32
includes
advanced
registered
nurse
practitioners
and
physician
33
assistants
to
the
list
of
medical
professionals
who
may
be
34
appointed
as
a
county
medical
examiner.
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