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Executive orders · Governor Terry E. Branstad
Executive Order 49
Signed by Governor Terry E. Branstad on March 4, 1994.
What it does
AI summary This order creates a Telemedicine Advisory Council to develop a plan for a statewide telemedicine program. The Council will consist of 15 to 18 members representing Iowa hospitals, health care providers, postsecondary education institutions, and the general public. State agencies involved with health care, the Iowa Communications Network, and telecommunications must cooperate with the Council. The Council's authorization expires one year from the date of the order unless the Governor extends it.1
The Legislature’s description: Establishes the Telemedicine Advisory Council to develop a coordinated, cost effective and comprehensive plan for the implementation of a statewide telemedicine program.
Read the order
WHEREAS WHEREAS, WHEREAS, I!XBCUTIVE ORDER NUHBER .49 providing Iowans access to a high quality and affordable health care delivery system is important to our quality of life; and the application of advanced telecommunications technology to health care shows much promise towards helping achieve this goal; and developing telemedicine in Iowa will require the cooperative efforts of numerous individuals and organizations to establish appropriate policies, plans and administrative mechanisms. NOW, THEREFORE, I, Terry E. Branstad, Governor of the State of Iowa, by the power and authority vested in me by the Constitution and the Laws of the State of I owa do hereby order that: I. A Telemedicine Advisory Council shall be created to develop a coordinated, cost effective and comprehen~ive plan for the bnplementation of a statewide telemedicine program. II. The Telemedicine Advisory Council shall consist of no more than 18 members and no fewer than 15 members representing Iowa hospitals, health care providers, postsecondary education institutions, and the general public. III. Experts in such fields as medical education, information . management, telecorranunications, insurance, finance and patient treatment and care shall be called upon by the Council for advice as is necessary. IV. State agencies involved with health care, the Iowa Communications Network, and telecorrununications shall cooperate 'with the Council in promoting the objectives of this Council. V. The members of the Council shall be appointed by and serve at the will of the Governor. The Chairperson will be appointed by the Governor and serve at his pleasure. All appointments will be for one-year terms. VI. The authorization for the Advisory Council will expire in one year from the enactment of this order, unless otherwise extended by the Governor. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused the Great Seal of the State of Iowa to be affixed. · Done at Des Moines this ~day of March in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-four.
From the text in the order’s PDF. Older orders were scanned, so a few words may be garbled; the signed PDF is the official version.
Printed in the Iowa Administrative Bulletin, XVI, No. 20 (03/30/1994) p. 2023.