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2023 Iowa Code › Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION › Chapter 81 - DNA PROFILING › Section 81.4 - Collecting, submitting, analyzing, identifying, and storing DNA samples and DNA records.

81.4 Collecting, submitting, analyzing, identifying, and storing DNA samples and DNA records.
1. The division of criminal investigation shall adopt rules for the collection, submission, analysis, identification, storage, and disposition of DNA records.
2. A supervising agency having control, custody, or jurisdiction over a person shall collect a DNA sample from a person required to submit a DNA sample. The supervising agency shall collect a DNA sample, upon admittance to the pertinent institution or facility, of the person required to submit a DNA sample or at a determined date and time set by the supervising agency. If a person required to submit a DNA sample is confined at the time a DNA sample is required, the person shall submit a DNA sample as soon as practicable. If a person required to submit a DNA sample is not confined after the person is required to submit a DNA sample, the supervising agency shall determine the date and time to collect the DNA sample.
3. A person required to submit a DNA sample who refuses to submit a DNA sample may be subject to contempt proceedings pursuant to chapter 665 until the DNA sample is submitted.
4. The division of criminal investigation shall conduct DNA profiling on a DNA sample or may contract with a private entity to conduct the DNA profiling.
2005 Acts, ch 158, §4, 19
Referred to in §81.1, 81.2, 81.5, 229A.7, 232.52, 669.14
2023 Iowa Code › Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION › Chapter 81 - DNA PROFILING › Section 81.5 - Civil and criminal liability — limitation.

81.5 Civil and criminal liability — limitation.
A person who collects a DNA sample shall not be civilly or criminally liable for the collection of the DNA sample if the person performs the person’s duties in good faith and in a reasonable manner according to generally accepted medical practices or in accordance with the procedures set out in the administrative rules of the department of public safety adopted pursuant to section 81.4.
2005 Acts, ch 158, §5, 19
2023 Iowa Code › Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION › Chapter 81 - DNA PROFILING › Section 81.6 - Criminal offense.

81.6 Criminal offense.
1. A person who knowingly or intentionally does any of the following commits an aggravated misdemeanor:
a. Discloses any part of a DNA record to a person or agency that is not authorized by the division of criminal investigation to have access to the DNA record.
b. Uses or obtains a DNA record for a purpose other than what is authorized under this chapter.
2. A person who knowingly or intentionally alters or attempts to alter a DNA sample, falsifies the source of a DNA sample, or materially alters a collection container used to collect the DNA sample, commits a class “D” felony.
2005 Acts, ch 158, §6, 19
2023 Iowa Code › Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION › Chapter 81 - DNA PROFILING › Section 81.7 - Conviction or arrest not invalidated.

81.7 Conviction or arrest not invalidated.
The detention, arrest, or conviction of a person based upon a DNA database match is not invalidated if it is determined that the DNA sample or DNA profile was obtained or placed into the DNA database by mistake or error.
2005 Acts, ch 158, §7, 19
2023 Iowa Code › Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION › Chapter 81 - DNA PROFILING › Section 81.8 - Confidential records.

81.8 Confidential records.
1. A DNA record shall be considered a confidential record and disclosure of a DNA record is only authorized pursuant to this section.
2. Confidential DNA records under this section may be released to the following agencies for law enforcement identification purposes:
a. Any criminal or juvenile justice agency as defined in section 692.1.
b. Any criminal or juvenile justice agency in another jurisdiction that meets the definition of a criminal or juvenile justice agency as defined in section 692.1.
3. The division of criminal investigation shall share the DNA record information with the appropriate federal agencies for use in a national DNA database.
4. A DNA record or other forensic information developed pursuant to this chapter may be released for use in a criminal or juvenile delinquency proceeding in which the state is a party and where the DNA record or forensic information is relevant and material to the subject of the proceeding. Such a record or information may become part of a public transcript or other public recording of such a proceeding.
5. A DNA record or other forensic information may be released pursuant to a court order for criminal defense purposes to a defendant, who shall have access to DNA samples and DNA profiles related to the case in which the defendant is charged.
2005 Acts, ch 158, §8, 19
2023 Iowa Code › Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION › Chapter 81 - DNA PROFILING › Section 81.9 - Expungement of DNA records.

81.9 Expungement of DNA records.
1. A person whose DNA record has been included in the DNA database or DNA data bank established pursuant to section 81.3 may request, in writing to the division of criminal investigation, expungement of the DNA record from the DNA database and DNA data bank based upon the person’s conviction, adjudication, or civil commitment which caused the submission of the DNA sample being reversed on appeal and the case dismissed. The written request shall contain a certified copy of the final court order reversing the conviction, adjudication, or civil commitment, and a certified copy of the dismissal, and any other information necessary to ascertain the validity of the request.
2. The division of criminal investigation, upon receipt of a written request that validates reversal on appeal of a person’s conviction, adjudication, or commitment, and subsequent dismissal of the case, or upon receipt of a written request by a person who voluntarily submitted a DNA sample pursuant to section 81.3, subsection 3, paragraph “b”, shall expunge all of the DNA records and identifiable information of the person in the DNA database and DNA data bank. However, if the division of criminal investigation determines that the person is otherwise obligated to submit a DNA sample, the DNA records shall not be expunged. If the division of criminal investigation denies an expungement request, the division shall notify the person requesting the expungement of the decision not to expunge the DNA record and the reason supporting its decision. The division of criminal investigation decision is subject to judicial review pursuant to chapter 17A. The department of public safety shall adopt rules governing the expungement procedure and a review process.
3. The division of criminal investigation is not required to expunge or destroy a DNA record pursuant to this section, if expungement or destruction of the DNA record would destroy evidence related to another person.
2005 Acts, ch 158, §9, 19
2023 Iowa Code › Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION › Chapter 81 - DNA PROFILING › Section 81.11 - Application for DNA profiling.

81.11 Application for DNA profiling.
1. The court shall grant an application for DNA profiling if all of the following apply:
a. The forensic sample subject to DNA profiling is available and either DNA profiling has not been performed on the forensic sample or DNA profiling has been previously performed on the forensic sample and the defendant is requesting DNA profiling using a new method or technology that is substantially more probative than the DNA profiling previously performed.
b. A sufficient chain of custody has been established for the forensic sample.
c. The identity of the person who committed the crime for which the defendant was convicted was a significant issue in the crime for which the defendant was convicted.
d. The forensic sample subject to DNA profiling is material to, and not merely cumulative or impeaching of, evidence included in the trial record or admitted to at a guilty plea proceeding.
e. The DNA profiling results would raise a reasonable probability that the defendant would not have been convicted if such results had been introduced at trial.
2. Upon the court granting an application filed pursuant to this section, DNA profiling of a forensic sample shall be conducted within the guidelines generally accepted by the scientific community if the testing type or resulting profile is not eligible to be uploaded or searched in the national DNA index system database. The defendant shall provide DNA samples for testing if requested by the state.
2019 Acts, ch 149, §3
Referred to in §81.12
2023 Iowa Code › Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION › Chapter 81 - DNA PROFILING › Section 81.12 - When DNA database comparisons may be ordered.

81.12 When DNA database comparisons may be ordered.
1. If DNA profiling ordered under section 81.11 produces an unidentified DNA profile, after notice to the parties, including the department of public safety, the court may order the department of public safety to do any of the following:
a. Compare the DNA profile to the national DNA index system. The profile shall only be compared to the national DNA index system if the combined DNA index system administrator determines all of the following:
(1) The forensic sample is collected contemporaneously from the crime scene, has a nexus to the crime scene, is probative, and is suitable for analysis.
(2) The DNA profile was generated through a technology that complies with all requirements in the national DNA index system operational procedures manual.
(3) The DNA profile meets all the requirements in the national DNA index system operational procedures manual for either uploading the profile or conducting a keyboard search.
b. Compare the DNA profile to the state DNA index system if the profile meets all applicable state requirements.
2. If any provision of a court order under this section results in a violation of federal law, the federal bureau of investigation’s national DNA index system operational procedures manual, or the memorandum of understanding between the federal bureau of investigation laboratory division and the Iowa division of criminal investigation criminalistics laboratory for participation in the national DNA index system, that portion of the order shall be considered unenforceable. The remaining provisions of the order shall remain in effect.
2019 Acts, ch 149, §4
2023 Iowa Code › Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION › Chapter 81 - DNA PROFILING › Section 81.13 - Additional DNA profiling provisions.

81.13 Additional DNA profiling provisions.
1. The results of DNA profiling conducted pursuant to this section shall be provided to the court, the defendant, the state, and the federal bureau of investigation. DNA samples obtained pursuant to this section may be included in the DNA data bank, and DNA profiles and DNA records developed pursuant to this section may be included in the DNA database.
2. A criminal or juvenile justice agency, as defined in section 692.1, shall maintain DNA samples and forensic samples that could be tested for DNA for a period of three years beyond the limitations for the commencement of criminal actions as set forth in chapter 802. This section does not create a cause of action for damages or a presumption of spoliation in the event a forensic sample is no longer available for testing.
3. If the court determines a defendant who files an application under this section is indigent, the defendant shall be entitled to appointment of counsel as provided in chapter 815.
4. If the court determines after DNA profiling ordered pursuant to the application filed under section 81.10 that the results indicate conclusively that the DNA profile of the defendant matches the profile from the analyzed evidence used against the defendant, the court may order the defendant to pay the costs of these proceedings, including costs of all testing, court costs, and costs of court-appointed counsel, if any.
2019 Acts, ch 149, §5
2023 Iowa Code › Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION › Chapter 84A - DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT › Section 84A.1 - Department of workforce development — director — divisions.

84A.1 Department of workforce development — director — divisions.
1. The department of workforce development is created to administer the laws of this state relating to unemployment compensation insurance, job placement and training, employment safety, labor standards, and workers’ compensation.
2. The chief executive officer of the department of workforce development is the director who shall be appointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by the senate under the confirmation procedures of section 2.32.
a. The director of the department of workforce development shall serve at the pleasure of the governor.
b. The governor shall set the salary of the director within the applicable salary range established by the general assembly.
c. The director shall be selected solely on the ability to administer the duties and functions granted to the director and the department and shall devote full time to the duties of the director.
d. If the office of director becomes vacant, the vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment was made.
3. a. The director of the department of workforce development shall, subject to the requirements of section 84A.1B, prepare, administer, and control the budget of the department and its divisions and shall approve the employment of all personnel of the department and its divisions.
b. The director of the department of workforce development shall direct the administrative and compliance functions and control the docket of the division of workers’ compensation.
4. The department of workforce development shall include the division of labor services, the division of workers’ compensation, and other divisions as appropriate.
86 Acts, ch 1245, §901; 87 Acts, ch 234, §424; 90 Acts, ch 1261, §25; 96 Acts, ch 1186, §8; 98 Acts, ch 1061, §1; 2002 Acts, ch 1050, §9; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §168
Referred to in §7E.5, 88.2, 88A.1, 88B.1, 89A.1, 89B.3, 91.1, 96.1A
2023 Iowa Code › Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION › Chapter 84A - DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT › Section 84A.1C - Workforce development corporation.

84A.1C Workforce development corporation.
1. Nonprofit corporation for receiving and disbursing funds. The Iowa workforce development board may organize a corporation under the provisions of chapter 504 for the purpose of receiving and disbursing funds from public or private sources to be used to further workforce development in this state and to accomplish the mission of the board.
2. Incorporators. The incorporators of the corporation organized pursuant to this section shall be the chairperson of the Iowa workforce development board, the director of the department of workforce development, and a member of the Iowa workforce development board selected by the chairperson.
3. Board of directors. The board of directors of the corporation organized pursuant to this section shall be the members of the Iowa workforce development board or their successors in office.
4. Accepting grants in aid. The corporation organized pursuant to this section may accept grants of money or property from the federal government or any other source and may upon its own order use its money, property, or other resources for any of the purposes identified in section 84A.1B.
99 Acts, ch 21, §1; 2004 Acts, ch 1049, §191; 2004 Acts, ch 1175, §393
2023 Iowa Code › Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION › Chapter 84A - DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT › Section 84A.3 - Local workforce development plans.

84A.3 Local workforce development plans.
1. A local workforce development board shall, in partnership with the chief elected official, develop a comprehensive four-year local workforce development plan. The local workforce development board shall submit the workforce development plan to the department of workforce development in the manner and form determined by the department. The local workforce development plan shall support the strategy described in the state workforce development plan in accordance with the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, Pub. L. No. 113-128, §102(b)(1)(E), and shall otherwise be consistent with the state workforce development plan. If the local workforce development area is part of a planning region as defined in the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, Pub. L. No. 113-128, §3(48), the local workforce development board shall comply with the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, Pub. L. No. 113-128, §106(c), in the preparation and submission of a regional plan.
2. At the end of the first two-year period of the local workforce development plan, a local workforce development board shall review the local workforce development plan and, in partnership with the chief elected official, prepare and submit to the department of workforce development modifications to the local workforce development plan to reflect changes in labor market and economic conditions or in other factors affecting the implementation of the local workforce development plan.
3. The local workforce development plan shall include the contents required by the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, Pub. L. No. 113-128, §108(b), and such other information as the department of workforce development or the state workforce development board may require.
2018 Acts, ch 1143, §5, 9
Referred to in §84A.4
2023 Iowa Code › Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION › Chapter 84A - DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT › Section 84A.6 - Job placement and training programs.

84A.6 Job placement and training programs.
1. The department of workforce development, in consultation with the workforce development board and the local workforce development boards, the department of education, and the economic development authority, shall work together to develop policies encouraging coordination between skill development, labor exchange, and economic development activities.
2. a. The director of the department of workforce development, in cooperation with the department of human services, shall provide job placement and training to persons referred by the department of human services under the promoting independence and self-sufficiency through employment job opportunities and basic skills program established pursuant to chapter 239B and the food stamp employment and training program.
b. The department of workforce development, in consultation with the department of human services, shall develop and implement departmental recruitment and employment practices that address the needs of former and current participants in the family investment program under chapter 239B.
3. The director of the department of workforce development, in cooperation with the department of human rights and the vocational rehabilitation services division of the department of education, shall establish a program to provide job placement and training to persons with disabilities.
86 Acts, ch 1245, §903
C87, §84A.3
96 Acts, ch 1186, §13
C97, §84A.6
97 Acts, ch 41, §32; 2002 Acts, ch 1050, §12; 2005 Acts, ch 175, §58; 2011 Acts, ch 118, §85, 89; 2012 Acts, ch 1132, §16; 2016 Acts, ch 1118, §12, 21; 2018 Acts, ch 1067, §9, 15
Referred to in §84A.5
2023 Iowa Code › Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION › Chapter 84A - DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT › Section 84A.7 - Iowa conservation corps.

84A.7 Iowa conservation corps.
1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
a. “Account” means the Iowa conservation corps account.
b. “Corps” means the Iowa conservation corps.
2. Iowa conservation corps established. The Iowa conservation corps is established in this state to provide meaningful and productive public service jobs for youth, unemployed persons, persons with disabilities, disadvantaged persons, and elderly persons, and to provide participants with an opportunity to explore careers, gain work experience, and contribute to the general welfare of their communities and the state. The corps shall provide opportunities in the areas of natural resource and wildlife conservation, park maintenance and restoration, land management, energy savings, community improvement projects, tourism, economic development, and work benefiting human services programs. The department of workforce development shall administer the corps and shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A governing its operation, eligibility for participation, cash contributions, and implementation of an incentive program.
3. Funding. Corps projects shall be funded by appropriations to the Iowa conservation corps account and by cash, services, and material contributions made by other state agencies or local public and private agencies. Public and private entities who benefit from a corps project shall contribute at least thirty-five percent of the total project budget. The contributions may be in the form of cash, materials, or services. Materials and services shall be intended for the project and acceptable to the department of workforce development. Minimum levels of contributions shall be prescribed in rules adopted by the department of workforce development pursuant to chapter 17A.
4. Account created. The Iowa conservation corps account is established within and administered by the department of workforce development. The account shall include all appropriations made to programs administered by the corps, and may also include moneys contributed by a private individual or organization, or a public entity for the purpose of implementing corps programs and projects. The department of workforce development may establish an escrow account within the department and obligate moneys within that escrow account for tuition payments to be made beyond the term of any fiscal year. Interest earned on moneys in the Iowa conservation corps account shall be credited to the account.
5. Participant eligibility. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of chapter 8A, subchapter IV, and chapter 96, a person employed through an Iowa conservation corps program shall be exempt from merit system requirements and shall not be eligible to receive unemployment compensation benefits.
96 Acts, ch 1186, §14; 97 Acts, ch 23, §8; 99 Acts, ch 21, §4; 2002 Acts, ch 1050, §13; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §157; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §24
Referred to in §15H.9, 84A.5, 97B.1A
2023 Iowa Code › Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION › Chapter 84A - DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT › Section 84A.8 - Workforce investment program.

84A.8 Workforce investment program.
A workforce investment program is established to enable more Iowans to enter or reenter the workforce. The workforce investment program shall provide training and support services to population groups that have historically faced barriers to employment. The department of workforce development shall administer the workforce investment program and shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A governing its operation and eligibility guidelines for participation.
96 Acts, ch 1186, §15; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §25
Referred to in §84A.5
2023 Iowa Code › Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION › Chapter 84A - DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT › Section 84A.9 - Statewide mentoring program.

84A.9 Statewide mentoring program.
A statewide mentoring program is established to recruit, screen, train, and match individuals in a mentoring relationship. The department of workforce development shall administer the program in collaboration with the departments of human services, education, and human rights. The availability of the program is subject to the funding appropriated for the purposes of the program.
96 Acts, ch 1186, §16
Referred to in §84A.5
2023 Iowa Code › Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION › Chapter 84A - DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT › Section 84A.10 - New employment opportunity program.

84A.10 New employment opportunity program.
The department of workforce development shall implement and administer a new employment opportunity program to assist individuals in underutilized segments of Iowa’s workforce, including but not limited to the persons with physical or mental disabilities, persons convicted of a crime, or minority persons between the ages of twelve and twenty-five, to gain and retain employment. The program shall be designed to complement existing employment and training programs by providing additional flexibility and services that are often needed by individuals in underutilized segments of the workforce to gain and retain employment. Services provided under the program may include, but are not limited to, transportation costs, child care, health care, health care insurance, on-the-job training, career interest inventory assessments, employability skills assessment, short-term basic education, internships, mentoring, assisting businesses with compliance issues related to the federal Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, and reducing perceived risks that cause these populations to be underutilized. The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to administer the program, including rules relating to eligibility criteria, eligible populations, and services to implement the intent of this section.
2000 Acts, ch 1230, §20
2023 Iowa Code › Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION › Chapter 84A - DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT › Section 84A.11 - Nursing workforce data clearinghouse.

84A.11 Nursing workforce data clearinghouse.
1. a. The department of workforce development shall establish a nursing workforce data clearinghouse for the purpose of collecting and maintaining data from all available and appropriate sources regarding Iowa’s nursing workforce.
b. The department of workforce development shall have access to all data regarding Iowa’s nursing workforce collected or maintained by any state department or agency to support the data clearinghouse.
c. Information maintained in the nursing workforce data clearinghouse shall be available to any state department or agency.
2. The department of workforce development shall consult with the board of nursing, the department of public health, the department of education, and other appropriate entities in developing recommendations to determine options for additional data collection.
3. The department of workforce development, in consultation with the board of nursing, shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to administer the data clearinghouse.
4. The nursing workforce data clearinghouse shall be established and maintained in a manner consistent with the health care delivery infrastructure and health care workforce resources strategic plan developed pursuant to section 135.163.
5. The department of workforce development shall submit a report to the governor and the general assembly, annually by January 15, regarding the nursing workforce data clearinghouse, and, following establishment of the data clearinghouse, the status of the nursing workforce in Iowa.
2010 Acts, ch 1147, §1, 13; 2017 Acts, ch 148, §12
2023 Iowa Code › Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION › Chapter 84A - DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT › Section 84A.12 - Summer youth intern pilot program.

84A.12 Summer youth intern pilot program.
1. A summer youth intern pilot program is established within the department of workforce development to provide youths who are at risk of not graduating from high school, who are from low-income households, who are from communities underrepresented in the Iowa workforce, or who otherwise face barriers to success and upward mobility in the labor market, with internship opportunities that allow these youths to explore and prepare for high-demand careers, to gain work experience, and to develop personal attributes necessary to succeed in the workplace.
2. Subject to an appropriation of funds by the general assembly for this purpose, the department of workforce development shall award grants for summer youth intern pilot projects on a competitive basis as provided in this section. The department shall work with employers, nonprofit organizations, and educational institutions to place youth in internships primarily in high-demand career fields.
3. The department of workforce development shall annually issue a request for proposals to the public, specifying the expectations and requirements for summer youth intern pilot project grant qualification, including but not limited to the provision of facilities, programming, staffing, and outcomes.
4. The department of workforce development shall give full and fair consideration to each proposal submitted under subsection 3, and shall award grants after considering, at a minimum, the following:
a. The bidder’s history and experience in the community.
b. The capacity to serve a substantial number of youth.
c. The suitability of the available facilities.
d. The bidder’s contacts and partnerships in the community that can be leveraged to maximize opportunity for project participants.
e. The capacity to provide employability skills, including but not limited to training relating to soft skills, financial literacy, and career development.
2018 Acts, ch 1067, §10, 15
Referred to in §84A.1B
2023 Iowa Code › Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION › Chapter 84A - DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT › Section 84A.14 - Criminal history checks.

84A.14 Criminal history checks.
A current or prospective contractor, vendor, employee, or any other individual performing work for the department of workforce development who will have access to federal tax information shall be subject to a national criminal history check through the federal bureau of investigation at least once every ten years if such a check is required pursuant to guidance from the federal internal revenue service. The department of workforce development 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. The individual shall authorize release of the results of the national criminal history check to the department of workforce development. The department of workforce development shall pay the actual cost of the fingerprinting and national criminal history check, if any. The results of a criminal history check conducted pursuant to this section shall not be considered a public record under chapter 22.
2018 Acts, ch 1080, §1
2023 Iowa Code › Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION › Chapter 84B - WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CENTERS › Section 84B.1 - Workforce development system.

84B.1 Workforce development system.
The departments of workforce development, education, human services, and corrections, the economic development authority, the department on aging, the division of Iowa vocational rehabilitation services of the department of education, and the department for the blind shall collaborate where possible under applicable state and federal law to align workforce development programs, services, and activities in an integrated workforce development system in the state and in each local workforce development area that is data driven and responsive to the needs of workers, job seekers, and employers. The departments, authority, and division shall also jointly establish an integrated management information system for linking workforce development programs within local workforce development systems and in the state.
2016 Acts, ch 1118, §13, 21
2023 Iowa Code › Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION › Chapter 84B - WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CENTERS › Section 84B.2 - Workforce development centers.

84B.2 Workforce development centers.
The department of workforce development, in consultation with the departments of education, human services, and corrections, the economic development authority, the department on aging, the division of Iowa vocational rehabilitation services of the department of education, and the department for the blind shall establish guidelines for colocating state and federal employment and training programs in centers providing services at the local level. The centers shall be known as workforce development centers. The guidelines shall provide for local design and operation within the guidelines. The core services available at a center shall include but are not limited to all of the following:
1. Information. Provision of information shall include labor exchange and labor market information as well as career guidance and occupational information. Training and education institutions which receive state or federal funding shall provide to the centers consumer-related information on their programs, graduation rates, wage scales for graduates, and training program prerequisites. Information from local employers, unions, training programs, and educators shall be collected in order to identify demand industries and occupations. Industry and occupation demand information should be published as frequently as possible and be made available through centers.
2. Assessment. Individuals shall receive basic assessment regarding their own skills, interests, and related opportunities for employment and training. Assessments are intended to provide individuals with realistic information in order to guide them into training or employment situations. The basic assessment may be provided by the center or by existing service providers such as community colleges or by a combination of the two.
3. Training accounts. Training accounts may be established for both basic skill development and career and technical training. There shall be no training assistance or limited training assistance in those training areas a center has determined are oversupplied or are for general life improvement.
4. Referral to training programs or jobs. Based upon individual assessments, a center shall provide individuals with referrals to other community resources, training programs, and employment opportunities.
5. Job development and job placement. A center shall be responsible for job development activities and job placement services. A center shall seek to create a strong tie to the local job market by working with both business and union representatives.
93 Acts, ch 97, §12
CS93, §84B.1
96 Acts, ch 1186, §17; 2009 Acts, ch 23, §7; 2011 Acts, ch 118, §87, 89; 2016 Acts, ch 1108, §11; 2016 Acts, ch 1118, §14, 21
C2017, §84B.2
Referred to in §84B.3
Former §84B.2 transferred to §84B.3
2023 Iowa Code › Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION › Chapter 84B - WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CENTERS › Section 84B.3 - Workforce development centers — location.

84B.3 Workforce development centers — location.
A workforce development center, as provided in section 84B.2, shall be located in each service delivery area. Each workforce development center shall also maintain a presence, through satellite offices or electronic means, in each county located within that service delivery area. For purposes of this section, “service delivery area” means the area included within a merged area, as defined in section 260C.2, realigned to the closest county border as determined by the department of workforce development. However, if the state workforce development board determines that an area of the state would be adversely affected by the designation of the service delivery areas by the department, the department may, after consultation with the applicable local workforce development boards and with the approval of the state workforce development board, make accommodations in determining the service delivery areas, including but not limited to the creation of a new service delivery area. In no event shall the department create more than sixteen service delivery areas.
96 Acts, ch 1186, §18
C97, §84B.2
2016 Acts, ch 1118, §15, 21
C2017, §84B.3
2023 Iowa Code › Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION › Chapter 84C - WORKER ADJUSTMENT AND RETRAINING NOTIFICATION ACT › Section 84C.2 - Definitions.

84C.2 Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter:
1. “Aggrieved employee” means an employee who has worked for the employer ordering the business closing or mass layoff and who, as a result of the failure by the employer to comply with section 84C.3, did not receive timely notice either directly or through the employee’s representative.
2. “Business closing” means the permanent or temporary shutdown of a single site of employment of one or more facilities or operating units that will result in an employment loss for twenty-five or more employees, other than part-time employees.
3. “Department” means the department of workforce development.
4. “Employee” means a worker who may reasonably expect to experience an employment loss as a consequence of a proposed business closing or mass layoff by an employer.
5. “Employer” means a person who employs twenty-five or more employees, excluding part-time employees.
6. “Employment loss” means an employment termination, other than a discharge for cause, voluntary separation, or retirement; a layoff exceeding six months; or a reduction in hours of more than fifty percent of work of individual employees during each month of a six-month period. “Employment loss” does not include instances when a business closing or mass layoff is the result of the relocation or consolidation of part or all of the employer’s business and, before the business closing or mass layoff, the employer offers to transfer the employee to a different site of employment within a reasonable commuting distance with no more than a six-month break in employment.
7. “Mass layoff” means a reduction in employment force that is not the result of a business closing and results in an employment loss at a single site of employment during any thirty-day period of twenty-five or more employees, other than part-time employees.
8. “Part-time employee” means an employee who is employed for an average of fewer than twenty hours per week or an employee, including a full-time employee, who has been employed for fewer than six of the twelve months preceding the date on which notice is required. However, if an applicable collective bargaining agreement defines a part-time employee, such definition shall supersede the definition in this subsection.
9. “Representative” means an exclusive representative of employees within the meaning of section 9(a) of the federal National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. §151 et seq., and the federal Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C. §151 et seq.
10. “Single site of employment” refers to a single location or a group of contiguous locations, such as a group of structures that form a campus or business park or separate facilities across the street from each other.
2010 Acts, ch 1085, §2; 2010 Acts, ch 1188, §24
2023 Iowa Code › Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION › Chapter 84C - WORKER ADJUSTMENT AND RETRAINING NOTIFICATION ACT › Section 84C.3 - Notice — requirements.

84C.3 Notice — requirements.
1. a. An employer who plans a business closing or a mass layoff shall not order such action until the end of a thirty-day period which begins after the employer serves written notice of such action to the affected employees or their representatives and to the department. However, if an applicable collective bargaining agreement designates a different notice period, the notice period in the collective bargaining agreement shall govern. The employer shall provide notice to the department if the worker is covered by a collective bargaining agreement.
b. An employer who has previously announced and carried out a short-term mass layoff of six months or less which is extended beyond six months due to business circumstances not reasonably foreseeable at the time of the initial mass layoff is required to give notice when it becomes reasonably foreseeable that the extension is required. A mass layoff extending beyond six months from the date the mass layoff commenced for any other reason shall be treated as an employment loss from the date of commencement of the mass layoff.
c. In the case of the sale of part or all of a business, the seller is responsible for providing notice of any business closing or mass layoff which will take place up to and on the effective date of the sale. The buyer is responsible for providing notice of any business closing or mass layoff that will take place thereafter.
2. a. Notice from the employer to the affected employees or their representatives and to the department shall be in written form and shall contain the following:
(1) The name and address of the employment site where the business closing or mass layoff will occur, and the name and telephone number of a company official to contact for further information.
(2) A statement as to whether the planned action is expected to be permanent or temporary and, if the entire business is to be closed, a statement to that effect.
(3) The expected date of the first employment loss and the anticipated schedule for employment losses.
(4) The job titles of positions to be affected and the names of the employees currently holding the affected jobs. The notice to the department shall also include the addresses of the affected employees. The department shall maintain the confidentiality of the names and addresses of employees received by the department.
b. The notice may include additional information useful to the employees, such as information about available dislocated worker assistance, and, if the planned action is expected to be temporary, the estimated duration, if known.
3. Any reasonable method of delivery to the affected employees or their representatives, and the department which is designed to ensure receipt of notice of at least thirty days before the planned action is acceptable. In the case of notification directly to affected employees, insertion of notice into pay envelopes is a viable option.
2010 Acts, ch 1085, §3
Referred to in §84C.2, 84C.4, 84C.5
2023 Iowa Code › Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION › Chapter 84C - WORKER ADJUSTMENT AND RETRAINING NOTIFICATION ACT › Section 84C.5 - Enforcement and penalties.

84C.5 Enforcement and penalties.
1. The department shall adopt rules pursuant to and consistent with chapter 17A regarding investigations to determine whether an employer has violated any provisions of this chapter. A determination by the department that a violation has occurred shall be considered final agency action under chapter 17A.
2. An employer who violates the provisions of section 84C.3 with respect to the department shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than one hundred dollars for each day of the violation. Any penalties collected by the department shall be forwarded to the treasurer of state and deposited in the general fund of the state.
3. The penalties provided for in this section shall be the exclusive remedies for any violation of this chapter. Under this chapter, a court shall not have authority to enjoin a business closing or mass layoff.
2010 Acts, ch 1085, §5
2023 Iowa Code › Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION › Chapter 85 - WORKERS’ COMPENSATION › Section 85.1A - Proprietors, limited liability company members, limited liability partners, and partners.

85.1A Proprietors, limited liability company members, limited liability partners, and partners.
A proprietor, limited liability company member, limited liability partner, or partner who is actively engaged in the proprietor’s, limited liability company member’s, limited liability partner’s, or partner’s business on a substantially full-time basis may elect to be covered by the workers’ compensation law of this state by purchasing valid workers’ compensation insurance specifically including the proprietor, limited liability company member, limited liability partner, or partner. The election constitutes an assumption by the employer of workers’ compensation liability for the proprietor, limited liability company member, limited liability partner, or partner for the time period in which the insurance contract is in force. The proprietor, limited liability company member, limited liability partner, or partner shall accept compensation in the manner provided by the workers’ compensation law and the employer is relieved from any other liability for recovery of damages, or other compensation for injury.
86 Acts, ch 1074, §1; 96 Acts, ch 1059, §2; 2001 Acts, ch 87, §1
Referred to in §85.61, 87.22
2023 Iowa Code › Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION › Chapter 85 - WORKERS’ COMPENSATION › Section 85.2 - Public employees — chapter compulsory.

85.2 Public employees — chapter compulsory.
Where the state, county, municipal corporation, school corporation, area education agency, or city under any form of government is the employer, the provisions of this chapter for the payment of compensation and amount thereof for an injury sustained by an employee of such employer shall be exclusive, compulsory, and obligatory upon both employer and employee, except as otherwise provided in section 85.1. For the purposes of this chapter, elected and appointed officials shall be employees.
[S13, §2477-m; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1362; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §85.2]
2023 Iowa Code › Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION › Chapter 85 - WORKERS’ COMPENSATION › Section 85.16 - Willful injury — intoxication.

85.16 Willful injury — intoxication.
No compensation under this chapter shall be allowed for an injury caused:
1. By the employee’s willful intent to injure the employee’s self or to willfully injure another.
2. a. By the employee’s intoxication, which did not arise out of and in the course of employment but which was due to the effects of alcohol or another narcotic, depressant, stimulant, hallucinogenic, or hypnotic drug not prescribed by an authorized medical practitioner, if the intoxication was a substantial factor in causing the injury.
b. For the purpose of disallowing compensation under this subsection, both of the following apply:
(1) If the employer shows that, at the time of the injury or immediately following the injury, the employee had positive test results reflecting the presence of alcohol, or another narcotic, depressant, stimulant, hallucinogenic, or hypnotic drug which drug either was not prescribed by an authorized medical practitioner or was not used in accordance with the prescribed use of the drug, it shall be presumed that the employee was intoxicated at the time of the injury and that intoxication was a substantial factor in causing the injury.
(2) Once the employer has made a showing as provided in subparagraph (1), the burden of proof shall be on the employee to overcome the presumption by establishing that the employee was not intoxicated at the time of the injury, or that intoxication was not a substantial factor in causing the injury.
3. By the willful act of a third party directed against the employee for reasons personal to such employee.
[S13, §2477-m, -m1; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1376; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §85.16]
83 Acts, ch 105, §1; 2017 Acts, ch 23, §1, 24
2023 Iowa Code › Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION › Chapter 85 - WORKERS’ COMPENSATION › Section 85.18 - Contract to relieve not operative.

85.18 Contract to relieve not operative.
No contract, rule, or device whatsoever shall operate to relieve the employer, in whole or in part, from any liability created by this chapter except as herein provided. This section does not create a private cause of action.
[S13, §2477-m7; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1378; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §85.18]
2017 Acts, ch 23, §2, 24