Terms Used In Iowa Code > Chapter 148I - Midwifery

• Board: means the board of hearing aid specialists. See Iowa Code 154A.1
• Board: means the board of nursing created pursuant to chapter 147. See Iowa Code 148I.1
• Child: includes child by adoption. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Client: means a person under the care of a midwife and such person's fetus or newborn. See Iowa Code 148I.1
• Department: means the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing. See Iowa Code 154A.1
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
• License: means a license issued by the state under this chapter to a hearing aid specialist. See Iowa Code 154A.1
• Licensed midwife: means a person licensed under this chapter to practice midwifery in Iowa. See Iowa Code 148I.1
• Midwife: means a person practicing midwifery. See Iowa Code 148I.1
• Midwifery: means the practice of providing primary maternity care to a client during the preconception, antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum periods and newborn care up to six weeks. See Iowa Code 148I.1
• Person: means a natural person. See Iowa Code 154A.1
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Rule: includes "regulation". See Iowa Code 4.1
• State: means a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See Iowa Code 152E.3
• United States: includes all the states. See Iowa Code 4.1