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Section 135C.1 - Definitions. - 135C.1 Definitions. 1. “Adult day services” means adult day services...
Section 135C.2 - Purpose — rules — special classifications — protection and advocacy agency. - 135C.2 Purpose — rules — special classifications — protection and...
Section 135C.3 - Nature of care. - 135C.3 Nature of care. 1. A licensed nursing facility shall...
Section 135C.4 - Residential care facilities. - 135C.4 Residential care facilities. 1. Each facility licensed as a...
Section 135C.5 - Limitations on use. - 135C.5 Limitations on use. Another business or activity serving persons...
Section 135C.6 - License required — exemptions. - 135C.6 License required — exemptions. 1. A person or governmental...
Section 135C.7 - Application — fees. - 135C.7 Application — fees. 1. Licenses shall be obtained from...
Section 135C.8 - Scope of license. - 135C.8 Scope of license. Licenses for health care facilities shall...
Section 135C.9 - Inspection before issuance — notice of deficiencies. - 135C.9 Inspection before issuance — notice of deficiencies. 1. The...
Section 135C.10 - Denial, suspension, or revocation. - 135C.10 Denial, suspension, or revocation. The department shall have the...
Section 135C.11 - Notice — hearings. - 135C.11 Notice — hearings. 1. The denial, suspension, or revocation...
Section 135C.12 - Conditional operation. - 135C.12 Conditional operation. If the department has the authority under...
Section 135C.13 - Judicial review. - 135C.13 Judicial review. Judicial review of any action of the...
Section 135C.14 - Rules. - 135C.14 Rules. The department shall, in accordance with chapter 17A...
Section 135C.15 - Time to comply. - 135C.15 Time to comply. 1. Any health care facility which...
Section 135C.16 - Inspections. - 135C.16 Inspections. 1. In addition to the inspections required by...
Section 135C.16A - Inspectors — conflicts of interest. - 135C.16A Inspectors — conflicts of interest. 1. Any of the...
Section 135C.17 - Duties of other departments. - 135C.17 Duties of other departments. It shall be the duty...
Section 135C.18 - Employees. - 135C.18 Employees. The department may employ, pursuant to chapter 8A,...
Section 135C.19 - Public disclosure of inspection findings — posting of citations. - 135C.19 Public disclosure of inspection findings — posting of citations....
Section 135C.20 - Information distributed. - 135C.20 Information distributed. The department shall prepare, publish and send...
Section 135C.20A - Report cards — facility inspections — complaint procedures — availability to public — electronic access. - 135C.20A Report cards — facility inspections — complaint procedures —...
Section 135C.20B - Governor’s award — quality care. - 135C.20B Governor’s award — quality care. 1. A governor’s award...
Section 135C.21 - Penalties. - 135C.21 Penalties. 1. Any person establishing, conducting, managing, or operating...
Section 135C.22 - Applicable to governmental units. - 135C.22 Applicable to governmental units. The provisions of this chapter...
Section 135C.23 - Express requirements for admission or residence. - 135C.23 Express requirements for admission or residence. No individual shall...
Section 135C.24 - Personal property or affairs of patients or residents. - 135C.24 Personal property or affairs of patients or residents. The...
Section 135C.25 - Resident advocate committee appointments — duties — disclosure — liability. - 135C.25 Resident advocate committee appointments — duties — disclosure —...
Section 135C.26 - Director notified of casualties. - 135C.26 Director notified of casualties. The director shall be notified...
Section 135C.27 - Federal funds to implement program. - 135C.27 Federal funds to implement program. If the department’s services...
Section 135C.28 - Conflicting statutes. - 135C.28 Conflicting statutes. Provisions of this chapter in conflict with...
Section 135C.29 - License list to county commissioner of elections. - 135C.29 License list to county commissioner of elections. To facilitate...
Section 135C.30 - Operation of facility under receivership. - 135C.30 Operation of facility under receivership. When so authorized by...
Section 135C.31 - Discharge of Medicaid patients. - 135C.31 Discharge of Medicaid patients. A resident of a health...
Section 135C.31A - Assessment of residents — program eligibility — prescription drug coverage. - 135C.31A Assessment of residents — program eligibility — prescription drug...
Section 135C.32 - Hospice services covered by Medicare. - 135C.32 Hospice services covered by Medicare. The requirement that the...
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. - 135C.33 Employees and certified nurse aide trainees — child or...
Section 135C.34 - Medication aide — certification. - 135C.34 Medication aide — certification. The department of inspections and...
Section 135C.35 - Training of inspectors. - 135C.35 Training of inspectors. 1. Subject to the availability of...
Section 135C.36 - Violations classified — penalties. - 135C.36 Violations classified — penalties. Every violation by a health...
Section 135C.37 - Complaints alleging violations — confidentiality. - 135C.37 Complaints alleging violations — confidentiality. A person may request...
Section 135C.38 - Inspections upon complaints. - 135C.38 Inspections upon complaints. 1. a. Upon receipt of a...
Section 135C.39 - No advance notice of inspection — exception. - 135C.39 No advance notice of inspection — exception. No advance...
Section 135C.40 - Citations when violations found — penalties — exception. - 135C.40 Citations when violations found — penalties — exception. 1....
Section 135C.40A - Issuance of final findings. - 135C.40A Issuance of final findings. The department shall issue the...
Section 135C.41 - Licensee’s response to citation. - 135C.41 Licensee’s response to citation. Within twenty business days after...
Section 135C.42 - Informal conference on contested citation. - 135C.42 Informal conference on contested citation. 1. The director shall...
Section 135C.43 - Judicial review. - 135C.43 Judicial review. 1. A facility which has exhausted all...
Section 135C.43A - Reduction of penalty amount. - 135C.43A Reduction of penalty amount. If a facility has been...
Section 135C.44 - Treble fines for repeated violations. - 135C.44 Treble fines for repeated violations. The penalties authorized by...
Section 135C.44A - Double fines for intentional violations. - 135C.44A Double fines for intentional violations. The penalties authorized by...
Section 135C.45 - Refund of penalty. - 135C.45 Refund of penalty. If at any time a contest...
Section 135C.45A - Notification penalty. - 135C.45A Notification penalty. A person who notifies, or causes to...
Section 135C.46 - Retaliation by facility prohibited. - 135C.46 Retaliation by facility prohibited. 1. A facility shall not...
Section 135C.47 - Report listing licensees and citations. - 135C.47 Report listing licensees and citations. Repealed by 98 Acts,...
Section 135C.48 - Information about complaint procedure. - 135C.48 Information about complaint procedure. The department shall make a...