Iowa Code
Chapter 135C - HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
Section 135C.7 - Application — fees.

135C.7 Application — fees.
1. Licenses shall be obtained from the department. Applications shall be upon such forms and shall include such information as the department may reasonably require, which may include affirmative evidence of compliance with such other statutes and local ordinances as may be applicable. Each application for license shall be accompanied by the annual license fee prescribed by this section, subject to refund to the applicant if the license is denied, which fee shall be paid over into the state treasury and credited to the general fund if the license is issued. There shall be an annual license fee based upon the bed capacity of the health care facility, as follows:
a. Ten beds or less, twenty dollars.
b. More than ten and not more than twenty-five beds, forty dollars.
c. More than twenty-five and not more than seventy-five beds, sixty dollars.
d. More than seventy-five and not more than one hundred fifty beds, eighty dollars.
e. More than one hundred fifty beds, one hundred dollars.
2. In addition to the license fees listed in this section, there shall be an annual assessment assessed to each licensee in an amount to cover the cost of independent reviewers provided pursuant to section 135C.42. The department shall, in consultation with licensees, establish the assessment amount by rule based on the award of a request for proposals. The assessment shall be retained by the department as a repayment receipt as defined in section 8.2 and used for the purpose of paying the cost of the independent reviewers.
[C50, 54, §135C.3, 135C.4; C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §135C.7]
2013 Acts, ch 140, §16
Referred to in §135C.2, 135C.8

Structure Iowa Code

Iowa Code

Title IV - PUBLIC HEALTH

Chapter 135C - HEALTH CARE FACILITIES

Section 135C.1 - Definitions.

Section 135C.2 - Purpose — rules — special classifications — protection and advocacy agency.

Section 135C.3 - Nature of care.

Section 135C.4 - Residential care facilities.

Section 135C.5 - Limitations on use.

Section 135C.6 - License required — exemptions.

Section 135C.7 - Application — fees.

Section 135C.8 - Scope of license.

Section 135C.9 - Inspection before issuance — notice of deficiencies.

Section 135C.10 - Denial, suspension, or revocation.

Section 135C.11 - Notice — hearings.

Section 135C.12 - Conditional operation.

Section 135C.13 - Judicial review.

Section 135C.14 - Rules.

Section 135C.15 - Time to comply.

Section 135C.16 - Inspections.

Section 135C.16A - Inspectors — conflicts of interest.

Section 135C.17 - Duties of other departments.

Section 135C.18 - Employees.

Section 135C.19 - Public disclosure of inspection findings — posting of citations.

Section 135C.20 - Information distributed.

Section 135C.20A - Report cards — facility inspections — complaint procedures — availability to public — electronic access.

Section 135C.20B - Governor’s award — quality care.

Section 135C.21 - Penalties.

Section 135C.22 - Applicable to governmental units.

Section 135C.23 - Express requirements for admission or residence.

Section 135C.24 - Personal property or affairs of patients or residents.

Section 135C.25 - Resident advocate committee appointments — duties — disclosure — liability.

Section 135C.26 - Director notified of casualties.

Section 135C.27 - Federal funds to implement program.

Section 135C.28 - Conflicting statutes.

Section 135C.29 - License list to county commissioner of elections.

Section 135C.30 - Operation of facility under receivership.

Section 135C.31 - Discharge of Medicaid patients.

Section 135C.31A - Assessment of residents — program eligibility — prescription drug coverage.

Section 135C.32 - Hospice services covered by Medicare.

Section 135C.33 - Employees and certified nurse aide trainees — child or dependent adult abuse information and criminal record check options — evaluations — application to other providers — penalty.

Section 135C.34 - Medication aide — certification.

Section 135C.35 - Training of inspectors.

Section 135C.36 - Violations classified — penalties.

Section 135C.37 - Complaints alleging violations — confidentiality.

Section 135C.38 - Inspections upon complaints.

Section 135C.39 - No advance notice of inspection — exception.

Section 135C.40 - Citations when violations found — penalties — exception.

Section 135C.40A - Issuance of final findings.

Section 135C.41 - Licensee’s response to citation.

Section 135C.42 - Informal conference on contested citation.

Section 135C.43 - Judicial review.

Section 135C.43A - Reduction of penalty amount.

Section 135C.44 - Treble fines for repeated violations.

Section 135C.44A - Double fines for intentional violations.

Section 135C.45 - Refund of penalty.

Section 135C.45A - Notification penalty.

Section 135C.46 - Retaliation by facility prohibited.

Section 135C.47 - Report listing licensees and citations.

Section 135C.48 - Information about complaint procedure.