Committee on Law and Ethics
The IMS' Committee on Law and Ethics addresses medical practice issues with significant legal and/or ethical implications for Iowa physicians; serves as a liaison on behalf of the Iowa Medical Society to the Iowa State Bar Association; and addresses issues referred to it by the IMS House of Delegates or the IMS Board of Directors.
This Committee also serves as a liaison to the Iowa Board of Medicine' (IBM) Iowa Health Physicians Committee (IHPC) relating to impaired physicians.
The Committee has addressed several issues, including nonheartbeating organ donation; physician liabilities in providing pain management; embryonic stem cell research and funding; surrogate consent to experimental treatment; out-of-hospital do-not-resuscitate orders; relationships between local physicians and the Veterans Administration; the ethics of billing relationships for anatomic pathology services; and mediation services for physicians in disputes.
The Committee currently is chaired by Jeff Anderson, MD, Des Moines.
Committee members are appointed by the IMS President. IMS member physicians may request a listing of current members by contacting , OLA Administrative Assistant at (515) 223-1401.
Committee minutes and reports are available to IMS member physicians upon request by contacting , OLA Administrative Assistant at (515) 223-1401.