135B.27 Admission agreement. The hospital admission agreement signed by the patient or the patient’s legal representative shall contain the following statement: Pathology and radiology services are medical services performed or supervised by doctors, and the personnel and facilities are or may be furnished by the hospital for said services. Charges for such services are or […]
135B.28 Hospital bill. 1. The hospital bill shall properly include the charges for pathology and radiology services as long as the name of the doctor is stated and it fairly appears that the charge is for medical services. 2. The hospital bill shall also contain a statement substantially in the following form: The pathology and […]
135B.29 Fees. All fees to be charged by the doctors for pathology and radiology services shall be mutually agreed upon by the hospital and the doctor. In the event dispute shall arise between the parties the matter shall be submitted to the joint conference committee for final determination. [C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, […]
135B.3 Licensure. No person or governmental unit, acting severally or jointly with any other person or governmental unit shall establish, conduct or maintain a hospital in this state without a license. [C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §135B.3]
135B.30 Radiology and pathology fees. Fees for radiology and pathology services must be paid for as medical and not hospital services. In all cases where payment is to be made by a corporation organized pursuant to chapter 514, payment for radiology and pathology services shall be made by a medical service corporation and not by […]
135B.31 Exceptions. This subchapter is not intended and shall not affect in any way the obligation of public hospitals under chapter 347 or municipal hospitals to provide medical care or treatment to patients of certain entitlement, nor the operation by the state of mental or other hospitals authorized by law. This subchapter shall not in […]
135B.32 Construction. Nothing in this subchapter shall deprive any hospital of its tax exempt or nonprofit status. [C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §135B.32] 2018 Acts, ch 1026, §48
135B.33 Technical assistance — plan — grants. 1. Subject to availability of funds, the Iowa department of public health shall provide technical planning assistance to local boards of health and hospital governing boards to ensure access to hospital services in rural areas. The department shall encourage the local boards of health and hospital governing boards […]
135B.34 Hospital employees — criminal history and abuse record checks — penalty. 1. a. Prior to employment of a person in a hospital, the hospital shall do one of the following: (1) Request that the department of public safety perform a criminal history check and the department of human services perform child and dependent adult […]
135B.35 Pediatric congenital heart surgery — public reporting of data — patient education. A hospital licensed under this chapter that provides pediatric congenital heart surgery shall do all of the following: 1. Participate in a qualified clinical data registry for thoracic surgery by providing all pediatric congenital heart surgery data required and consenting to public […]
135B.4 Application for license. Licenses shall be obtained from the department. Applications shall be upon forms and shall contain information as the department may reasonably require, which may include affirmative evidence of ability to comply with reasonable standards and rules prescribed under this chapter. Each application for license shall be accompanied by the license fee, […]
135B.5 Issuance and renewal of license. 1. Upon receipt of an application for license and the license fee, the department shall issue a license if the applicant and hospital facilities comply with this chapter, chapter 135, and the rules of the department. Each licensee shall receive annual reapproval upon payment of five hundred dollars and […]
135B.5A Conversion of a hospital. A conversion of a long-term acute care hospital, rehabilitation hospital, or psychiatric hospital as defined by federal regulations to a general hospital or to a specialty hospital of a different type is a permanent change in bed capacity and shall require a certificate of need pursuant to section 135.63. 2018 […]
135B.6 Denial, suspension, or revocation of license — hearings and review. 1. The department may deny, suspend, or revoke a license in any case where it finds that there has been a substantial failure to comply with this chapter or the rules or minimum standards adopted pursuant to this chapter. 2. A denial, suspension, or […]
135B.7 Rules and enforcement. 1. a. The department, with the approval of the state board of health, shall adopt rules setting out the standards for the different types of hospitals to be licensed under this chapter. The department shall enforce the rules. b. Rules or standards shall not be adopted or enforced which would have […]
135B.7A Procedures — orders. The department shall adopt rules that require hospitals to establish procedures for authentication of all verbal orders by a practitioner within a period not to exceed thirty days following a patient’s discharge. 2001 Acts, ch 93, §1; 2007 Acts, ch 93, §1
135B.8 Effective date of rules. Any hospital which is in operation at the time of promulgation of any applicable rules or minimum standards under this chapter shall be given a reasonable time, not to exceed one year from the date of such promulgation, within which to comply with such rules and minimum standards. [C50, 54, […]
135B.9 Inspections and qualifications for hospital inspectors — protection and advocacy agency investigations. 1. The department shall make or cause to be made inspections as it deems necessary in order to determine compliance with applicable rules. Hospital inspectors shall meet the following qualifications: a. Be free of conflicts of interest. A hospital inspector shall not […]
