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IA Code § 217.43 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 217 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES|Section 217.43 - Service area advisory boards — location of county offices.

217.43 Service area advisory boards — location of county offices.   1. a. The department shall establish a service area advisory board in each service area. Each of the county boards of supervisors of the counties comprising the service area shall appoint two service area advisory board members. All of the following requirements apply to the appointments made by a county board of supervisors:   (1) The membership shall be appointed in accordance with section 69.16, relating to political affiliation, and section 69.16A, relating to gender balance.   (2) Not more than one of the members shall be a member of the board of supervisors.   (3) Appointments shall be made on the basis of interest in maintaining and improving service delivery.   b. Appointments shall be made a part of the regular proceedings of the board of supervisors and shall be filed with the county auditor and the service area manager. A vacancy on the board shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.   c. The boards of supervisors shall develop and agree to other organizational provisions involving the advisory board, including reporting requirements.   2. The purpose of the advisory boards is to improve communication and coordination between the department and the counties and to advise the department regarding maintenance and improvement of service delivery in the counties and communities comprising the service areas.   3. The department shall determine the community in which each county office will be located. The county board of supervisors shall determine the location of the office space for the county office. The county board of supervisors shall make reasonable efforts to collocate the office with other state and local government or private entity offices in order to maintain the offices in a cost-effective location that is convenient to the public.  92 Acts, ch 1079, §2; 93 Acts, ch 54, §2  ; 2001 Acts, 2nd Ex, ch 4, §2, 9  ; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §27  Referred to in §251.3, 251.5, 331.321  Emergency relief duties of service area advisory board, see §251.5  Subsection 1 amended
IA Code § 217.44 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 217 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES|Section 217.44 - Service areas — employee and volunteer record checks.

217.44 Service areas — employee and volunteer record checks.   1. The department shall conduct criminal and child and dependent adult abuse record checks of persons who are potential employees, employees, potential volunteers, and volunteers in service area offices in a position having direct contact with the department’s clients. The record checks shall be performed in this state and the department may conduct these checks in other states. If the department determines that a person has been convicted of a crime or has a record of founded child or dependent adult abuse, the department shall perform an evaluation to determine whether the crime or founded abuse warrants prohibition of the person’s employment or participation as a volunteer. The record checks and evaluation shall be performed in accordance with procedures adopted for this purpose by the department.   2. In an evaluation, the department shall consider the nature and seriousness of the crime or founded child or dependent adult abuse in relation to the position sought or held, the time elapsed since the commission of the crime or founded abuse, the circumstances under which the crime or founded abuse was committed, the degree of rehabilitation, the likelihood that the person will commit the crime or founded abuse again, and the number of crimes or founded abuses committed by the person involved.   3. The department may permit a person who is evaluated to be employed or to participate as a volunteer if the person complies with the department’s conditions relating to employment or participation as a volunteer which may include completion of additional training.   4. If the department determines that the person has committed a crime or has a record of founded child or dependent adult abuse which warrants prohibition of employment or participation as a volunteer, the person shall not be employed by or participate as a volunteer in a department service area office in a position having direct contact with the department’s clients.  2000 Acts, ch 1112, §52;  2001 Acts, 2nd Ex, ch 4, §3, 9
IA Code § 217.45 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 217 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES|Section 217.45 - Background investigations.

217.45 Background investigations.   1. A background investigation may be conducted by the department of human services on all of the following individuals:   a. An applicant for employment with the department.   b. A contractor, vendor, or employee performing work for the department with access to federal tax information used for purposes of the department.   2. An individual subject to this section shall authorize the release of the results of all of the following:   a. A work history.   b. A state criminal history background check.   c. A national criminal history check through the federal bureau of investigation.   3. An individual subject to this section shall provide the individual’s fingerprints to the department. The department shall request the national criminal history check and shall provide the individual’s fingerprints to the department of public safety for submission through the state criminal history repository to the federal bureau of investigation.   4. The department shall pay the actual cost of the fingerprinting and the national criminal history check, if any, unless otherwise agreed to as part of a vendor contract or other contract with the department.   5. A contractor, vendor, or employee performing work for the department with access to federal tax information used for purposes of the department may be subject to a background investigation by the department at least once every ten years after the date of the initial contract with the contractor or vendor or initial date of hire of the employee.   6. The results of background investigations conducted pursuant to this section shall not be considered public records under chapter 22.  2017 Acts, ch 57, §1
IA Code § 218.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 218 - INSTITUTIONS GOVERNED BY HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT|Section 218.1 - Institutions controlled.

218.1 Institutions controlled.   The director of human services shall have the general and full authority given under statute to control, manage, direct, and operate the following institutions under the director’s jurisdiction, and may at the director’s discretion assign the powers and authorities given the director by statute to any one of the deputy directors, division administrators, or officers or employees of the divisions of the department of human services:   1. Glenwood state resource center.   2. Woodward state resource center.   3. Mental health institute, Cherokee, Iowa.   4. Mental health institute, Independence, Iowa.   5. State training school.   6. Iowa juvenile home.   7. Other facilities not attached to the campus of the main institution as program developments require.  [S13, §2727-a8, -a77; SS15, §2713-n2, 2727-a96; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3287; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §218.1; 81 Acts, ch 73, §1; 82 Acts, ch 1260, §18]  83 Acts, ch 96, §66, 157, 159; 83 Acts, ch 101, §37; 92 Acts, ch 1140, §21; 2000 Acts, ch 1112, §1, 45; 2019 Acts, ch 100, §1  Referred to in §218.2, 218.3, 218.4, 218.13, 218.42, 218.58, 222.2, 225C.13, 227.19, 229.1, 230.1, 232.69, 237.4, 237C.1, 280.16, 282.33, 357H.1, 708.3A, 709.16
IA Code § 218.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 218 - INSTITUTIONS GOVERNED BY HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT|Section 218.2 - Powers of governor — report of abuses.

218.2 Powers of governor — report of abuses.   1. Nothing contained in section 218.1 shall limit the general supervisory or examining powers vested in the governor by the laws or Constitution of the State of Iowa, or legally vested by the governor in any committee appointed by the governor.   2. The administrator to whom primary responsibility for a particular institution has been assigned shall make reports to the director of human services as are requested by the director and the director shall report, in writing, to the governor any abuses found to exist in any of the institutions.  [S13, §2727-a9, -a18; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3288, 3289; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §218.2, 218.3; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §218.2]  83 Acts, ch 96, §157, 159; 2000 Acts, ch 1112, §2; 2006 Acts, ch 1010, §67; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §104; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §28  Subsection 2 amended
IA Code § 218.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 218 - INSTITUTIONS GOVERNED BY HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT|Section 218.3 - Definitions.

218.3 Definitions.   For the purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   1. “Administrator” means the person to whom the director of human services has assigned power and authority over an institution in accordance with section 218.1.   2. “Institution” means an institution listed in section 218.1.  [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §218.3; 81 Acts, ch 78, §20, 24; 82 Acts, ch 1260, §19]  83 Acts, ch 96, §67, 157, 159; 83 Acts, ch 101, §38; 91 Acts, ch 258, §36; 94 Acts, ch 1170, §29; 2000 Acts, ch 1112, §3
IA Code § 218.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 218 - INSTITUTIONS GOVERNED BY HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT|Section 218.4 - Recommendation for rules.

218.4 Recommendation for rules.   1. The administrators of particular institutions shall recommend to the council on human services for adoption such rules not inconsistent with law as they may deem necessary for the discharge of their duties, the management of each of such institutions, the admission of residents thereto and the treatment, care, custody, education and discharge of residents. It is made the duty of the particular administrators to establish rules by which danger to life and property from fire will be minimized. In the discharge of their duties and in the enforcement of their rules, they may require any of their appointees to perform duties in addition to those required by statute.   2. Rules adopted by the council pursuant to chapter 17A shall be uniform and shall apply to all institutions under the particular administrator and to all other institutions under the administrator’s jurisdiction. The primary rules for use in institutions where persons with mental illness are served shall, unless otherwise indicated, uniformly apply to county or private hospitals in which persons with mental illness are served, but the rules shall not interfere with proper medical treatment administered to patients by competent physicians. Annually, signed copies of the rules shall be sent to the superintendent of each institution or hospital under the control or supervision of a particular administrator. Copies shall also be sent to the clerk of each district court, the chairperson of the board of supervisors of each county and, as appropriate, to the officer in charge of institutions or hospitals caring for persons with mental illness in each county who shall be responsible for seeing that the rules are posted in each institution or hospital in a prominent place. The rules shall be kept current to meet the public need and shall be revised and published annually.   3. The state fire marshal shall cause to be made an annual inspection of all the institutions listed in section 218.1 and shall make written report thereof to the particular administrator of the state department of human services in control of such institution.  [S13, §2727-a30, -a48, 5718-a3; SS15, §2727-a50, -a96; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3290; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §218.4]  83 Acts, ch 96, §157, 159, 160; 94 Acts, ch 1170, §30; 2000 Acts, ch 1112, §4; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §57
IA Code § 218.5 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 218 - INSTITUTIONS GOVERNED BY HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT|Section 218.5 - Fire protection contracts.

218.5 Fire protection contracts.   The administrators shall have power to enter into contracts with the governing body of any city or other municipal corporation for the protection from fire of any property under the administrators’ primary control, located in any municipal corporation or in territory contiguous to the municipal corporation, upon terms as may be agreed upon.  [C31, 35, §3290-d1; C39, §3290.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §218.5]  83 Acts, ch 96, §157, 159; 2000 Acts, ch 1112, §5
IA Code § 218.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 218 - INSTITUTIONS GOVERNED BY HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT|Section 218.6 - Transfer of appropriations made to institutions.

218.6 Transfer of appropriations made to institutions.   1. Notwithstanding section 8.39, subsection 1, without the prior written consent and approval of the governor and the director of the department of management, the director of human services may transfer funds between the appropriations made for the institutions, listed as follows:   a. The state resource centers.   b. The state mental health institutes.   c. The state training school.   d. The civil commitment unit for sexual offenders.   2. The department shall report any transfer made pursuant to subsection 1 during a fiscal quarter to the legislative services agency within thirty days of the beginning of the subsequent fiscal quarter.  2005 Acts, ch 175, §93; 2017 Acts, ch 174, §110; 2018 Acts, ch 1165, §121
IA Code § 218.9 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 218 - INSTITUTIONS GOVERNED BY HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT|Section 218.9 - Appointment of superintendents.

218.9 Appointment of superintendents.   1. The administrator in charge of an institution, subject to the approval of the director of human services, shall appoint the superintendent of the institution. The tenure of office of a superintendent shall be at the pleasure of the administrator. The administrator may transfer a superintendent or warden from one institution to another.   2. The superintendent or warden shall have immediate custody and control, subject to the orders and policies of the administrator in charge of the institution, of all property used in connection with the institution except as provided in this chapter.  [S13, §2727-a24; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3292; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §218.9; 81 Acts, ch 27, §3, ch 73, §2, ch 78, §20, 25; 82 Acts, ch 1260, §20]  83 Acts, ch 96, §68, 157, 159; 83 Acts, ch 101, §39; 84 Acts, ch 1277, §17; 90 Acts, ch 1239, §4; 94 Acts, ch 1170, §31; 2000 Acts, ch 1112, §6; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §58; 2019 Acts, ch 59, §61
IA Code § 218.10 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 218 - INSTITUTIONS GOVERNED BY HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT|Section 218.10 - Subordinate officers and employees.

218.10 Subordinate officers and employees.   The administrator in charge of a particular institution, with the consent and approval of the director of human services, shall determine the number of subordinate officers and employees for the institution. Subject to this chapter, the officers and employees shall be appointed and discharged by the superintendent or business manager pursuant to chapter 8A, subchapter IV. The superintendent shall keep, in the record of each subordinate officer and employee, the date of employment, the compensation, and the date of each discharge, and the reasons for discharge.  [S13, §2727-a37; SS15, §2713-n2, 2727-a96; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3293; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §218.10]  83 Acts, ch 96, §157, 159; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §260; 2000 Acts, ch 1112, §7; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §210
IA Code § 218.11 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 218 - INSTITUTIONS GOVERNED BY HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT|Section 218.11 - Interagency case information service.

218.11 Interagency case information service. Repealed by 2013 Acts, ch 19, §2.
IA Code § 218.12 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 218 - INSTITUTIONS GOVERNED BY HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT|Section 218.12 - Bonds.

218.12 Bonds.   The administrator in charge of any particular institution shall require each officer and any employee of such administrator and of every institution under the administrator’s control who may be charged with the custody or control of any money or property belonging to the state to give an official bond, properly conditioned, and signed by sufficient sureties in a sum to be fixed by the administrator, which bond shall be approved by the administrator, and filed in the office of the secretary of state.  [S13, §2727-a31; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3295; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §218.12]
IA Code § 218.13 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 218 - INSTITUTIONS GOVERNED BY HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT|Section 218.13 - Record checks.

218.13 Record checks.   1. For the purposes of this section, unless the context otherwise requires:   a. “Department” means the department of human services.   b. “Institution” means an institution controlled by the department as described in section 218.1.   c. “Resident” means a person committed or admitted to an institution.   2. If a person is being considered for employment involving direct responsibility for a resident or with access to a resident when the resident is alone, or if a person will reside in a facility utilized by an institution, and if the person has been convicted of a crime or has a record of founded child or dependent adult abuse, the department shall perform an evaluation to determine whether the crime or founded abuse warrants prohibition of employment or residence in the facility. The department shall conduct criminal and child and dependent adult abuse record checks of the person in this state and may conduct these checks in other states. The investigation and evaluation shall be performed in accordance with procedures adopted for this purpose by the department.   3. If the department determines that a person, who is employed by an institution or resides in a facility utilized by an institution, has been convicted of a crime or has a record of founded child or dependent adult abuse, the department shall perform an evaluation to determine whether prohibition of the person’s employment or residence is warranted. The evaluation shall be performed in accordance with procedures adopted for this purpose by the department.   4. In an evaluation, the department shall consider the nature and seriousness of the crime or founded child or dependent adult abuse in relation to the position sought or held, the time elapsed since the commission of the crime or founded abuse, the circumstances under which the crime or founded abuse was committed, the degree of rehabilitation, the likelihood that the person will commit the crime or founded abuse again, and the number of crimes or founded abuses committed by the person involved. The department may permit a person who is evaluated to be employed or reside or to continue employment or residence if the person complies with the department’s conditions relating to employment or residence which may include completion of additional training.   5. If the department determines that the person has committed a crime or has a record of founded child or dependent adult abuse which warrants prohibition of employment or residence, the person shall not be employed by an institution or reside in a facility utilized by an institution.  91 Acts, ch 138, §3; 97 Acts, ch 169, §12  Referred to in §218.64, 235A.15
IA Code § 218.14 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 218 - INSTITUTIONS GOVERNED BY HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT|Section 218.14 - Dwelling of superintendent or other employee.

218.14 Dwelling of superintendent or other employee.   1. The administrator having control over an institution may, with consent of the director of human services, furnish the superintendent of the institution, in addition to salary, with a dwelling or with appropriate quarters in lieu of the dwelling, or the administrator may compensate the superintendent of the institution in lieu of furnishing a dwelling or quarters. If the superintendent of the institution is furnished with a dwelling or quarters, either of which is owned by the state, the superintendent may also be furnished with water, heat, and electricity.   2. The administrator having control over an institution may furnish assistant superintendents or other employees, or both, with a dwelling or with appropriate quarters, owned by the state. The assistant superintendent or employee, who is so furnished, shall pay rent for the dwelling or quarters in an amount to be determined by the superintendent of the institution, which shall be the fair market rental value of the dwelling or quarters. If an assistant superintendent or employee is furnished with a dwelling or quarters, either of which is owned by the state, the assistant superintendent or employee may also be furnished with water, heat, and electricity. However, the furnishing of these utilities shall be considered in determining the fair market rental value of the dwelling or quarters.  [S13, §2727-a38; SS15, §2713-n2, 2727-a96, 5717; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3297, 3746; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, §218.14, 246.7; C81, §218.14]  83 Acts, ch 96, §157, 159; 2000 Acts, ch 1112, §8  Referred to in §35D.13  Similar provisions, see §35D.13 and 904.305
IA Code § 218.15 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 218 - INSTITUTIONS GOVERNED BY HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT|Section 218.15 - Salaries — how paid.

218.15 Salaries — how paid.   The salaries and wages shall be included in the semimonthly payrolls and paid in the same manner as other expenses of the several institutions.  [S13, §2727-a38; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3298; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §218.15]
IA Code § 218.17 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 218 - INSTITUTIONS GOVERNED BY HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT|Section 218.17 - Authorized leave.

218.17 Authorized leave.   Vacations and sick leave with pay as authorized in section 70A.1 shall only be taken at such times as the superintendent or the business manager in charge of an officer or employee, as the case may be, may direct, and only after written authorization by the superintendent or business manager, and for the number of days specified in the authorization. A copy of the authorization shall be attached to the institution’s copy of the payroll of the institution, for audit purposes, for the period during which the vacation was taken, and the semimonthly payroll shall show the number of days the person was absent under the authorization.  [S13, §2727-a74c, -a74d; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3300; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §218.17]  2000 Acts, ch 1112, §9
IA Code § 218.19 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 218 - INSTITUTIONS GOVERNED BY HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT|Section 218.19 - Districts.

218.19 Districts.   The administrator having control over a type of institution shall, from time to time, divide the state into districts from which the type of institution may receive residents. The particular administrator shall promptly notify the proper county or judicial officers of all changes in the districts.  [S13, §2727-a21; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3302; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §218.19]  83 Acts, ch 96, §159, 160; 2000 Acts, ch 1112, §10