Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title XII - Licensing and Approved Standards › Chapter 112 - Licensing and Regulation of Child Foster Care Facilities › Rule 441-112.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
"Administrator,"
when used for matters
				  related to licensing, means the administrator of the division of adult,
				  children and family services.
"Administrator's designee:"
1. For group facilities, the administrator's designee is the
				  chief of the bureau of child welfare and community services.
2. For foster family homes, the designee is the department of
				  human services' service area manager.
"Applicant:"
1. For a foster family home license, the applicant is the
				  person or persons applying.
2. For a proprietary facility, the applicant is the owner or
				  designee of the facility.
3. For facilities having a board of directors, the applicant
				  may be the president of the board or the board's designee.
"Community residential facility"
means a
				  facility which provides care for children who are considered unable to live in
				  a family situation due to social, emotional or physical disabilities but are
				  capable of interacting in a community environment with a minimum amount of
				  supervision. The facility provides 24-hour care including board and room.
				  Community resources are used for education, recreation, medical, social and
				  rehabilitation services. The facility is responsible for planning the daily
				  activities of the children, discipline, guidance, peer relationships, and
				  recreational programs.
"Comprehensive residential facility"
means a
				  facility which provides care and treatment for children who are unable to live
				  in a family situation due to social, emotional, or physical disabilities and
				  who require varying degrees of supervision as indicated in the individual
				  service plan. Care includes room and board. Services include the internal
				  capacity for individual, family, and group treatment. These services and others
				  provided to the child shall be under the administrative control of the
				  facility. Community resources may be used for medical, recreational, and
				  educational needs. Comprehensive residential facilities have higher staff to
				  client ratios than community residential facilities and may use control rooms,
				  locked cottages, and mechanical restraints when these controls meet licensing
				  requirements.
"Foster family home"
means a home in which
				  an individual person or persons or a married couple who wishes to provide or is
				  providing, for a period exceeding 24 consecutive hours, board, room, and care
				  for a child in a single family living unit.
"Group facility"
means a community
				  residential facility, a comprehensive residential facility, or a residential
				  facility for children with an intellectual disability.
"Residential facility for children with an
				  intellectual disability or brain injury"
means any residential
				  facility which serves children with an intellectual disability as defined in
				  Iowa Code chapter 222 or children with brain injury as defined in Iowa Code
				  chapter 225C.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code sections
				  237.3 and
				  237.5.