217.23 Personnel — merit system — reimbursement for damaged property.
1. The director of human services or the director’s designee, shall employ such personnel as are necessary for the performance of the duties and responsibilities assigned to the department. All employees shall be selected on a basis of fitness for the work to be performed with due regard to training and experience and shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 8A, subchapter IV.
2. The department may expend moneys from the support allocation of the department as reimbursement for replacement or repair of personal items of the department’s employees damaged or destroyed by clients of the department during the employee’s tour of duty. However, the reimbursement shall not exceed three hundred dollars for each item. The department shall establish rules in accordance with chapter 17A to carry out the purpose of this section.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, §217.23]
85 Acts, ch 253, §7; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §208; 2007 Acts, ch 218, §37
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 217 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Section 217.1 - Programs of department.
Section 217.2 - Council on human services.
Section 217.3 - Duties of council.
Section 217.3A - Advisory committees.
Section 217.4 - Meetings of council.
Section 217.5 - Director of human services.
Section 217.6 - Rules and regulations — organization of department.
Section 217.7 - Administrators of divisions.
Section 217.8 - Division of child and family services.
Section 217.9 - Additional duties.
Section 217.9A - Commission on children, youth, and families.
Section 217.10 - Administrator of division of mental health and disability services.
Section 217.13 - Department to provide certain volunteer services — volunteer liability.
Section 217.15 - Administrator of division of administration.
Section 217.16 - Cooperation with other divisions.
Section 217.17 - Administrator of division of planning.
Section 217.18 - Official seal.
Section 217.20 - Trips to other states.
Section 217.21 - Annual report.
Section 217.23 - Personnel — merit system — reimbursement for damaged property.
Section 217.24 - Payment by electronic funds transfer.
Section 217.30 - Confidentiality of records — report of recipients.
Section 217.31 - Action for damages.
Section 217.32 - Office space in county.
Section 217.33 - Legal services.
Section 217.35 - Fraud and recoupment activities.
Section 217.36 - Distribution of earned income tax credit information.
Section 217.38 - Restitution to individuals of Japanese ancestry.
Section 217.39 - Persecuted victims of World War II — reparations — heirs.
Section 217.40 - Training for guardians and conservators.
Section 217.41 - Refugee services foundation.
Section 217.41A - Electronic health records system task force.
Section 217.42 - Service areas — offices.
Section 217.43 - Service area advisory boards — location of county offices.
Section 217.44 - Service areas — employee and volunteer record checks.