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IA Code § 237.14A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 237 - CHILD FOSTER CARE FACILITIES|Section 237.14A - Reasonable and prudent parent standard — immunity from liability.

237.14A Reasonable and prudent parent standard — immunity from liability.   The department, or any individual, agency, or juvenile shelter care home that applies the reasonable and prudent parent standard reasonably and in good faith in regard to a child in foster care shall have immunity from civil or criminal liability which might otherwise be incurred or imposed. This section shall not remove or limit any existing liability protection afforded under any other law.  2016 Acts, ch 1063, §21
IA Code § 237.15 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 237 - CHILD FOSTER CARE FACILITIES|Section 237.15 - Definitions.

237.15 Definitions.   For the purposes of this subchapter unless otherwise defined:   1. “Case permanency plan” means the same as defined in section 232.2, subsection 4, except the plan shall also include the following:   a. The efforts to place the child with a relative.   b. The rationale for an out-of-state placement, and the efforts to prevent such placement, if the child has been placed out-of-state.   c. Time frames to meet the stated permanency goal and short-term objectives.   2. “Child receiving foster care” means a child defined in section 234.1 who is described by any of the following circumstances:   a. The child’s foster care placement is the financial responsibility of the state pursuant to section 234.35.   b. The child is under the guardianship of the department.   c. The child has been involuntarily hospitalized for mental illness pursuant to chapter 229.   d. The child is at-risk of being placed outside the child’s home, the department or court is providing or planning to provide services to the child, and the department or court has requested the involvement of the state or local board.   3. “Court appointed special advocate” means the same as defined in section 232.2.   4. “Family” means the social unit consisting of the child and the biological or adoptive parent, stepparent, brother, sister, stepbrother, stepsister, and grandparent of the child.   5. “Local board” means a local citizen foster care review board created pursuant to section 237.19.   6. “Person or court responsible for the child” means the department, including but not limited to the department of human services, agency, or individual who is the guardian of a child by court order issued by the juvenile or district court and has the responsibility of the care of the child, or the court having jurisdiction over the child.   7. “State board” means the child advocacy board created pursuant to section 237.16.  84 Acts, ch 1279, §26; 88 Acts, ch 1233, §1, 2; 89 Acts, ch 296, §22; 90 Acts, ch 1270, §46; 91 Acts, ch 232, §11; 92 Acts, ch 1141, §5; 92 Acts, ch 1231, §40; 94 Acts, ch 1046, §6; 95 Acts, ch 182, §18, 19; 2000 Acts, ch 1067, §13; 2002 Acts, ch 1162, §20, 21; 2016 Acts, ch 1011, §121  Referred to in §234.39
IA Code § 237.16 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 237 - CHILD FOSTER CARE FACILITIES|Section 237.16 - Child advocacy board.

237.16 Child advocacy board.   1. The child advocacy board is created within the department of inspections and appeals. The state board consists of nine members appointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by the senate and directly responsible to the governor. One member shall be an active court appointed special advocate volunteer, one member shall be an active member of a local citizen foster care review board, and one member shall be a judicial branch employee or judicial officer appointed from nominees submitted by the judicial branch. The appointment is for a term of four years that begins and ends as provided in section 69.19. Vacancies on the state board shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments are made.   2. The members of the state board shall annually select a chairperson, vice chairperson, and other officers the members deem necessary. The members may be entitled to receive reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties, subject to available funding. Each member of the board may also be eligible to receive compensation as provided in section 7E.6. The state board shall meet at least twice a year.   3. An employee of the department or of the department of inspections and appeals, an employee of a child-placing agency, an employee of an agency with which the department contracts for services for children under foster care, a foster parent providing foster care, or an employee of the district court is not eligible to serve on the state board. However, the judicial branch employee or judicial officer appointed from nominees submitted by the judicial branch in accordance with subsection 1 shall be eligible to serve on the state board.  84 Acts, ch 1279, §27; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §549; 88 Acts, ch 1233, §3; 89 Acts, ch 296, §23; 92 Acts, ch 1141, §6; 92 Acts, ch 1242, §27; 2002 Acts, ch 1162, §22;  2002 Acts, 2nd Ex, ch 1003, §239, 262  ; 2006 Acts, ch 1049, §1  Referred to in §10A.104, 232.2, 232.13, 232.147, 232.149A, 235A.15, 237.15  Confirmation, see §2.32
IA Code § 237.17 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 237 - CHILD FOSTER CARE FACILITIES|Section 237.17 - Foster care registry.

237.17 Foster care registry.   1. The state board shall establish a registry of the placements of all children receiving foster care. The department shall notify the state board of each placement within five working days of the department’s notification of the placement. The notification to the state board shall include information identifying the child receiving foster care and placement information for that child.   2. Within thirty days of the placement or two days after the dispositional hearing the agency responsible for the placement shall submit the case permanency plan to the state board. All subsequent revisions of the case permanency plan shall be submitted when the revisions are developed.  84 Acts, ch 1279, §28; 88 Acts, ch 1233, §4
IA Code § 237.19 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 237 - CHILD FOSTER CARE FACILITIES|Section 237.19 - Local citizen foster care review boards.

237.19 Local citizen foster care review boards.   1. The state board shall establish local citizen foster care review boards to review cases of children receiving foster care. The department shall discontinue its foster care review process for those children reviewed by local boards as local boards are established and operating. The state board shall select five members and two alternate members to serve on each local board in consultation with the chief judge of each judicial district. The actual number of local boards needed and established shall be determined by the state board. The members of each local board shall consist of persons of the various social, economic, racial, and ethnic groups and various occupations of their district. A person employed by the state board or the department, the department of inspections and appeals, the district court, an employee of an agency with which the department contracts for services for children under foster care, a foster parent providing foster care, or a child-placing agency shall not serve on a local board. The state board shall provide the names of the members of the local boards to the department.   2. Vacancies on a local board shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments. The members shall not receive per diem but shall receive reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in their duties as members.  84 Acts, ch 1279, §30; 88 Acts, ch 1233, §9; 92 Acts, ch 1141, §8  Referred to in §232.13, 232.147, 232.149A, 235A.15, 237.15  Local boards to be established in additional judicial districts as moneys become available;  88 Acts, ch 1233, §21
IA Code § 237.21 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 237 - CHILD FOSTER CARE FACILITIES|Section 237.21 - Confidentiality of records — penalty.

237.21 Confidentiality of records — penalty.   1. The information and records of or provided to a local board, state board, or court appointed special advocate regarding a child who is receiving foster care or who is under the court’s jurisdiction and the child’s family when relating to services provided or the foster care placement are not public records pursuant to chapter 22. The state board and local boards, with respect to hearings involving specific children receiving foster care and the child’s family, are not subject to chapter 21.   2. Information and records relating to a child receiving foster care and to the child’s family shall be provided to a local board or the state board by the department or child-care agency receiving purchase-of-service funds from the department upon request by either board. A court having jurisdiction of a child receiving foster care shall release the information and records the court deems necessary to determine the needs of the child, if the information and records are not obtainable elsewhere, to a local board or the state board upon request by either board. If confidential information and records are distributed to individual members in advance of a meeting of the state board or a local board, the information and records shall be clearly identified as confidential and the members shall take appropriate steps to prevent unauthorized disclosure.   3. A court appointed special advocate may attend family team decision-making meetings or youth transition decision-making meetings upon request by the family or child and disclose case-related observations and recommendations relating to a child or a child’s family while attending the meetings.   4. A court appointed special advocate may disclose case-related observations and recommendations to the agency assigned by the court to supervise the case, to the county attorney, or to the child’s legal representative or guardian ad litem.   5. Members of the state board and local boards, court appointed special advocates, and the employees of the department and the department of inspections and appeals are subject to standards of confidentiality pursuant to sections 217.30, 228.6, subsection 1, sections 235A.15, 600.16, and 600.16A. Members of the state and local boards, court appointed special advocates, and employees of the department and the department of inspections and appeals who disclose information or records of the board or department, other than as provided in subsections 2, 3, and 4, sections 232.89 and 232.126, and section 237.20, subsection 2, are guilty of a simple misdemeanor.  84 Acts, ch 1279, §32; 87 Acts, ch 117, §2; 88 Acts, ch 1233, §16, 17; 89 Acts, ch 64, §4; 92 Acts, ch 1196, §1; 2005 Acts, ch 55, §3; 2015 Acts, ch 21, §1 – 3  Referred to in §135H.13
IA Code § 237.22 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 237 - CHILD FOSTER CARE FACILITIES|Section 237.22 - Case permanency plan.

237.22 Case permanency plan.   The agency responsible for the placement of the child shall create a case permanency plan. The plan shall include, but not be limited to:   1. Plans for carrying out the voluntary placement agreement or judicial determination pursuant to which the child entered care.   2. Time frames to meet the stated permanency goal and short-term objectives.   3. The type and appropriateness of the placement and services to be provided to the child.   4. The care and services that will be provided to the child, biological parents, and foster parents.   5. How the care and services will meet the needs of the child while in care and will facilitate the child’s return home or other permanent placement.   6. The efforts to place the child with a relative.   7. The rationale for an out-of-state placement, and the efforts to prevent such placement, if the child has been placed out of state.  84 Acts, ch 1279, §33; 88 Acts, ch 1233, §18, 19; 94 Acts, ch 1046, §7  Referred to in §237.20
IA Code § 237A.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 237A - CHILD CARE FACILITIES|Section 237A.3 - Child care homes.

237A.3 Child care homes.   1. A person or program providing child care to five children or fewer at any one time is a child care home provider and is not required to register under section 237A.3A as a child development home. However, the person or program may register as a child development home.   2. If a person or program has been prohibited by the department from involvement with child care, the person or program shall not provide child care as a child care home provider and is subject to penalty under section 237A.19 or injunction under section 237A.20 for doing so.   3. The location at which the child care is provided shall be a single-family residence that is owned, rented, or leased by the person or program providing the child care. For purposes of this subsection, a “single-family residence” includes an apartment, condominium, townhouse, or other individual unit within a multiple unit residential dwelling, but does not include a commercial or industrial building that is primarily used for purposes other than a residence.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §237A.3; 82 Acts, ch 1016, §3, ch 1213, §4]  90 Acts, ch 1005, §5; 91 Acts, ch 151, §2; 91 Acts, ch 232, §13; 91 Acts, ch 267, §142; 92 Acts, ch 1163, §55; 93 Acts, ch 76, §10, 11; 94 Acts, ch 1129, §2, 3; 97 Acts, ch 151, §2; 99 Acts, ch 192, §3; 2001 Acts, ch 135, §3; 2002 Acts, ch 1142, §11, 31; 2003 Acts, ch 81, §3; 2008 Acts, ch 1187, §119  Referred to in §237A.1, 237A.19
IA Code § 237A.3B (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 237A - CHILD CARE FACILITIES|Section 237A.3B - Smoking prohibited.

237A.3B Smoking prohibited.   Smoking, as defined in section 142D.2, shall not be permitted in a child care facility or child care home.  2008 Acts, ch 1084, §13
IA Code § 237A.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 237A - CHILD CARE FACILITIES|Section 237A.4 - Inspection and evaluation.

237A.4 Inspection and evaluation.   The department shall make periodic inspections of licensed centers to ensure compliance with licensing requirements provided in this chapter, and the local boards of health may make periodic inspections of licensed centers to ensure compliance with health-related licensing requirements provided in this chapter. The department may inspect records maintained by a licensed center and may inquire into matters concerning these centers and the persons in charge. The department shall require that the center be inspected by the state fire marshal or a designee for compliance with rules relating to fire safety before a license is granted or renewed. The department or a designee may periodically visit registered child development homes for the purpose of evaluation of an inquiry into matters concerning compliance with rules adopted under section 237A.12. Evaluation of child development homes under this section may include consultative services provided pursuant to section 237A.6.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §237A.4]  85 Acts, ch 173, §19; 99 Acts, ch 192, §12; 2002 Acts, ch 1142, §13, 31
IA Code § 237A.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 237A - CHILD CARE FACILITIES|Section 237A.6 - Consultative services.

237A.6 Consultative services.   The department shall, and the director of public health may provide consultative services to a person applying for a license or registration, or licensed or registered by the administrator under this chapter.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §237A.6]  Referred to in §237A.4
IA Code § 237A.7 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 237A - CHILD CARE FACILITIES|Section 237A.7 - Confidential information.

237A.7 Confidential information.   1. Anyone who acquires through the administration of this chapter information relative to an individual in a child care facility or to a relative of the individual shall not, directly or indirectly, disclose the information except upon inquiry before a court of law or with the written consent of the individual or, in the case of a child, the written consent of the parent or guardian or as otherwise specifically required or allowed by law.   2. This section shall not prohibit the disclosure of information relative to the structure and operation of a facility nor shall it prohibit the statistical analysis by duly authorized persons of data collected by virtue of this chapter, or the publication of the results of the analysis in a manner which does not disclose information identifying individual persons.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §237A.7]  99 Acts, ch 192, §14
IA Code § 237A.8 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 237A - CHILD CARE FACILITIES|Section 237A.8 - Violations — actions against license or registration.

237A.8 Violations — actions against license or registration.   The administrator, after notice and opportunity for an evidentiary hearing before the department of inspections and appeals, may suspend or revoke a license or certificate of registration issued under this chapter or may reduce a license to a provisional license if the person to whom a license or certificate is issued violates a provision of this chapter or if the person makes false reports regarding the operation of the child care facility to the administrator or a designee of the administrator. The administrator shall notify the parent, guardian, or legal custodian of each child for whom the person provides child care at the time of action to suspend or revoke a license or certificate of registration.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §237A.8]  83 Acts, ch 153, §6; 90 Acts, ch 1204, §54; 99 Acts, ch 192, §15  Referred to in §237A.2
IA Code § 237A.19 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 237A - CHILD CARE FACILITIES|Section 237A.19 - Penalty.

237A.19 Penalty.   1. A person who establishes, conducts, manages, or operates a center without a license commits a serious misdemeanor. Each day of continuing violation after conviction, or notice from the department by certified mail of the violation, shall be considered a separate offense.   2. If registration is required under section 237A.3A, a person who establishes, conducts, manages, or operates a child development home without registering or a person who operates a child development home contrary to section 237A.5, commits a simple misdemeanor. Each day of continuing violation after conviction, or notice from the department by certified mail of the violation, is a separate offense. A single charge alleging continuing violation may be made in lieu of filing charges for each day of violation.   3. A person who establishes, conducts, manages, or operates a child care home in violation of section 237A.3, subsection 2, or a person or program that has been prohibited by the department from involvement with child care but continues that involvement commits a simple misdemeanor. Each day of continuing violation after conviction, or notice from the department by certified mail of the violation, is a separate offense. A single charge alleging continuing violation may be made in lieu of filing charges for each day of violation.  [C77, 79, 81, §237A.19; 82 Acts, ch 1213, §5]  85 Acts, ch 184, §2; 99 Acts, ch 192, §17; 2002 Acts, ch 1142, §19, 31; 2003 Acts, ch 81, §9  Referred to in §237A.3, 237A.5
IA Code § 237A.20 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 237A - CHILD CARE FACILITIES|Section 237A.20 - Injunction.

237A.20 Injunction.   A person who establishes, conducts, manages, or operates a center without a license or a child development home without a certificate of registration, if registration is required under section 237A.3A, may be restrained by temporary or permanent injunction. A person who has been convicted of a crime against a person, a person with a record of founded child abuse, or a person who has been prohibited by the department from involvement with child care may be restrained by temporary or permanent injunction from providing unregistered, registered, or licensed child care or from other involvement with child care. The action may be instituted by the state, the county attorney, a political subdivision of the state, or an interested person.  [C77, 79, 81, §237A.20]  83 Acts, ch 153, §7; 90 Acts, ch 1248, §2; 99 Acts, ch 192, §18; 2002 Acts, ch 1142, §20, 31; 2003 Acts, ch 81, §10  Referred to in §237A.3, 237A.5
IA Code § 237A.21 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 237A - CHILD CARE FACILITIES|Section 237A.21 - State child care advisory council.

237A.21 State child care advisory council. Repealed by  2010 Acts, ch 1031, §360, 361  .
IA Code § 237A.22 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 237A - CHILD CARE FACILITIES|Section 237A.22 - Duties of state child care advisory council and department.

237A.22 Duties of state child care advisory council and department. Repealed by  2010 Acts, ch 1031, §360, 361  .
IA Code § 237A.23 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 237A - CHILD CARE FACILITIES|Section 237A.23 - Child care training and development system.

237A.23 Child care training and development system.   1. The departments of education, public health, and human services shall jointly establish a leadership council for child care training and development in this state. In addition to representatives of the three departments, the leadership council shall include but is not limited to representatives of community colleges, institutions of higher learning under the state board of regents and private institutions of higher education, the Iowa cooperative extension service in agriculture and home economics, and child care resource and referral service agencies.   2. The charge of the council is to develop a proposal for a statewide child care training and development system and to monitor implementation of the proposal. The purpose of the system is to improve support for persons providing or administering child care services. The system shall be developed in a manner so as to incorporate and enhance existing efforts to provide this support.   3. The proposal for the child care training and development system shall include all of the following elements:   a. Identification of core competencies for providers and administrators that may be incorporated into professional standards.   b. Establishing levels for professional development.   c. Implementing a professional experience registry to track the training, educational attainment, and experience of providers and administrators.   d. Implementing a unified training and technical assistance approach for identifying needs, ensuring equal access, and establishing minimum requirements for training and trainers.   e. Establishing an articulation process to permit recognition of training provided by entities that do not grant academic credit by entities that do grant academic credit.   f. Implementing a financing structure to support the training registry.   g. Identifying other means for enhancing the training and development of persons who provide and administer child care.   4. The proposal shall include an implementation plan and budget provisions and may provide for implementation through a contract with a private nonprofit agency.  99 Acts, ch 192, §21, 38; 2000 Acts, ch 1058, §26