Section 135C.25 – Resident advocate committee appointments — duties — disclosure — liability.
135C.25 Resident advocate committee appointments — duties — disclosure — liability. Repealed by 2013 Acts, ch 18, §34.
Section 135C.26 – Director notified of casualties.
135C.26 Director notified of casualties. The director shall be notified within twenty-four hours, by the most expeditious means available, of any accident causing major injury or death, and any fire or natural or other disaster occurring in a health care facility. [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §135C.26]
Section 135C.27 – Federal funds to implement program.
135C.27 Federal funds to implement program. If the department’s services are necessary in order to assist another governmental unit to implement a federal program, the department may accept in compensation for such services federal funds initially available from the federal government to such other governmental unit for such purpose. Any governmental unit is authorized to […]
Section 135C.28 – Conflicting statutes.
135C.28 Conflicting statutes. Provisions of this chapter in conflict with the state building code, as adopted pursuant to section 103A.7, shall not apply where the state building code has been adopted or when the state building code applies throughout the state. [C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §135C.28] 2004 Acts, ch 1086, §37
Section 135C.29 – License list to county commissioner of elections.
135C.29 License list to county commissioner of elections. To facilitate the implementation of section 53.8, subsection 3 and section 53.22, the director shall provide to each county commissioner of elections at least annually a list of each licensed health care facility in that county. The list shall include the street address or location, and the […]
Section 135C.3 – Nature of care.
135C.3 Nature of care. 1. A licensed nursing facility shall provide an organized twenty-four-hour program of services commensurate with the needs of its residents and under the immediate direction of a licensed nurse. Medical and nursing services must be provided under the direction of either a house physician or an individually selected physician. Surgery or […]
Section 135C.30 – Operation of facility under receivership.
135C.30 Operation of facility under receivership. When so authorized by section 135C.11, subsection 2, or section 135C.12, subsection 1, the director may file a verified application in the district court of the county where a health care facility licensed under this chapter is located, requesting that an individual nominated by the director be appointed as […]
Section 135C.31 – Discharge of Medicaid patients.
135C.31 Discharge of Medicaid patients. A resident of a health care facility shall not be discharged solely because the cost of the resident’s care is being paid under chapter 249A or because the resident’s source of payment is changing from private support to payment under chapter 249A. [81 Acts, ch 60, §2] Referred to in […]
Section 135C.31A – Assessment of residents — program eligibility — prescription drug coverage.
135C.31A Assessment of residents — program eligibility — prescription drug coverage. 1. A health care facility shall assist the Iowa department of veterans affairs in identifying, upon admission of a resident, the resident’s eligibility for benefits through the United States department of veterans affairs. The department of inspections and appeals, in cooperation with the department […]
Section 135C.32 – Hospice services covered by Medicare.
135C.32 Hospice services covered by Medicare. The requirement that the care of a resident of a health care facility must be provided under the immediate direction of either the facility or the resident’s personal physician does not apply if all of the following conditions are met: 1. The resident is terminally ill. 2. The resident […]
Section 135C.33 – Employees and certified nurse aide trainees — child or dependent adult abuse information and criminal record check options — evaluations — application to other providers — penalty.
135C.33 Employees and certified nurse aide trainees — child or dependent adult abuse information and criminal record check options — evaluations — application to other providers — penalty. 1. a. For the purposes of this section, the term “crime” does not include offenses under chapter 321 classified as a simple misdemeanor or equivalent simple misdemeanor […]
Section 135C.34 – Medication aide — certification.
135C.34 Medication aide — certification. The department of inspections and appeals, in cooperation with other appropriate agencies, shall establish a procedure to allow a person who is certified as a medication aide in another state to become certified in this state upon completion and passage of both the certified nurse aide and certified medication aide […]
Section 135C.35 – Training of inspectors.
135C.35 Training of inspectors. 1. Subject to the availability of funding, all nursing facility inspectors shall receive twelve hours of annual continuing education in gerontology, wound care, dementia, falls, or a combination of these subjects. 2. An inspector shall not be personally liable for financing the training required under subsection 1. 3. The department shall […]
Section 135C.36 – Violations classified — penalties.
135C.36 Violations classified — penalties. Every violation by a health care facility of any provision of this chapter or of the rules adopted pursuant to it shall be classified by the department in accordance with this section. The department shall adopt and may from time to time modify, in accordance with chapter 17A, rules setting […]
Section 135C.37 – Complaints alleging violations — confidentiality.
135C.37 Complaints alleging violations — confidentiality. A person may request an inspection of a health care facility by filing with the department, certified volunteer long-term care ombudsman, or the office of long-term care ombudsman, a complaint of an alleged violation of applicable requirements of this chapter or the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter. A […]
Section 135C.38 – Inspections upon complaints.
135C.38 Inspections upon complaints. 1. a. Upon receipt of a complaint made in accordance with section 135C.37, the department shall make a preliminary review of the complaint. Unless the department concludes that the complaint is intended to harass a facility or a licensee or is without reasonable basis, the department shall make or cause to […]
Section 135C.39 – No advance notice of inspection — exception.
135C.39 No advance notice of inspection — exception. No advance notice of an on-site inspection made pursuant to section 135C.38 shall be given the health care facility or the licensee thereof unless previously and specifically authorized in writing by the director or required by federal law. The person in charge of the facility shall be […]
Section 135C.4 – Residential care facilities.
135C.4 Residential care facilities. 1. Each facility licensed as a residential care facility shall provide an organized continuous twenty-four-hour program of care commensurate with the needs of the residents of the home and under the immediate direction of a person approved and certified by the department whose combined training and supervised experience is such as […]
Section 135C.40 – Citations when violations found — penalties — exception.
135C.40 Citations when violations found — penalties — exception. 1. If the director determines, based on the findings of an inspection or investigation of a health care facility, that the facility is in violation of this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter, the director within five working days after making the determination, may issue […]
Section 135C.40A – Issuance of final findings.
135C.40A Issuance of final findings. The department shall issue the final findings of an inspection or investigation of a health care facility within ten working days after completion of the on-site inspection or investigation. The final findings shall be served upon the facility personally, by electronic mail, or by certified mail. 2009 Acts, ch 156, […]