20,160 sections across 1,928 Iowa regulatory chapters.
R.486—8.13 Personally identifiable information. The department maintains systems of records which
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contain personally identifiable information. 8.13(1) Rule-making records. Rule-making records may contain information about people who make written or oral comments about proposed rules. Iowa Code section 17A.4 requires collection and retention of this information. It cannot be r…
R.486—8.3 Requests for access to records
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8.3(1) Location of record. In lieu of the words “(insert agency head)” insert “board”. In lieu of the words “(insert agency name and address)” insert “Employment Appeal Board, 6200 Park Avenue, Suite 100, Des Moines, Iowa 50321”. 8.3(2) Office hours. In lieu of the words “(insert…
R.486—8.6 Procedure by which additions, dissents, or objections may be entered into certain
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records. In lieu of the words “(designate office)”, insert “the originating agency, to the board”.
R.486—8.9 Disclosures without the consent of the subject
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8.9(1) Open records are routinely disclosed without the consent of the subject. 8.9(2) To the extent allowed by law, disclosure of confidential records or exempt records may occur without the consent of the subject. Following are instances where disclosure, if lawful, will genera…
R.486—9.1 Appeals
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9.1(1) Form and time of appeal. Any party aggrieved by a decision of an administrative law judge of the department of inspections and appeals may file an appeal with the employment appeal board. The appeal must be filed within 30 days of the date of the decision of the administra…
R.489—1.1 Purpose. The child advocacy board is established by Iowa Code section 237.16 to carry out
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all duties described in Iowa Code section 237.18. The board is charged with the responsibility of establishing a foster care registry, establishing local review boards to review cases of children in foster care, establishing a training program for members of the state board, esta…
R.489—2.1 Membership and term
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2.1(1) Membership and terms. The child advocacy board is created within the department of health and human services. The state board consists of nine members appointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by the senate and directly responsible to the governor. One member shal…
R.489—2.2 Administrator
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2.2(1) The director appoints an administrator for the child advocacy board. The administrator is responsible for the ongoing administration of the state and local boards’ activities and of the court appointed special advocate program. 2.2(2) The administrator: a. Applies for and …
R.489—2.3 Foster care registry. The state board shall establish a registry of the placements of all
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children receiving foster care. The agency responsible for placement shall notify the state board of each placement in accordance with written protocols adopted pursuant to Iowa Code section 237.16(4) as enacted by 2022 Iowa Acts, House File 2390, section 3. The notification shal…
R.489—2.4 Confidentiality of records—penalty. The state and local boards, court appointed special
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advocates and coaches and child advocacy employees shall adhere to the confidentiality requirements established in Iowa Code section 237.21. This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code sections 17A.3 and 237.21. [ARC 3055C, IAB 5/10/17, effective 6/14/17] [Filed emergency 5/30/8…
R.489—3.1 Local boards. The child advocacy board shall establish local foster care boards throughout
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the state. The number of local boards needed and established shall be determined by the child advocacy board based on the number of children in foster care and available funding. 3.1(1) The child advocacy board is responsible for establishment of policy and procedures consistent …
R.489—3.2 Membership
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3.2(1) The child advocacy board delegates responsibility to the administrator to develop and for local board coordinators to implement an application, recruitment, screening and training process for appointments to vacated local board positions: a. The process includes the coordi…
R.489—3.3 Removal of a local board member. Rescinded ARC 6676C, IAB 11/16/22, effective
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12/21/22.
R.489—3.4 Duties of local board
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3.4(1) Local board reviews. At least every six months, the case of each child receiving foster care assigned to a local board shall be reviewed in accordance with the written protocols adopted pursuant to Iowa Code section 237.16(4) as enacted by 2022 Iowa Acts, House File 2390, …
R.489—3.5 Local board coordinator. Rescinded ARC 6676C, IAB 11/16/22, effective 12/21/22
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R.489—3.6 Children eligible for review
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3.6(1) To be eligible for review, the child shall meet the requirements set forth in Iowa Code sections 234.1(2), 234.35 and 237.15. 3.6(2) If the child is not receiving foster care when the six-month review is scheduled, the review may be held if the child has received foster ca…
R.489—4.1 Purpose. The child advocacy board is required by Iowa Code section 237.18 to establish
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procedures and protocols for administering the court appointed special advocate program. 4.1(1) Definitions. “Administrator” means the person selected by the director to lead, direct and manage the staff and programs established by the board. “Certified,” when used as a descripto…
R.489—4.2 Program requirements
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4.2(1) Establishing additional procedures and protocols. a. The state board is responsible for establishment of procedures and protocols consistent with the Iowa Code. b. Responsibility is delegated by the state board to the administrator to establish and submit to the board for …
R.489—4.3 Training. All child advocacy board staff and court appointed special advocate volunteers
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shall complete preservice and continuing education requirements. This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code sections 17A.3 and 237.18. [ARC 6676C, IAB 11/16/22, effective 12/21/22]
R.489—4.4 Adherence to national guidelines. The National Court Appointed Special Advocate/
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Guardian ad Litem Association for Children has established a national quality assurance system for CASA programs. The primary goal of the system is to strengthen CASA organizations and support their efforts to provide high-quality child advocacy and achieve the maximum level of e…
R.489—4.5 Children eligible for assignment of a court appointed special advocate. CASA of Iowa
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serves any child for whom the court appoints a court appointed special advocate as long as the resources to do so are available. This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code sections 17A.3 and 237.18. [ARC 1375C, IAB 3/19/14, effective 4/23/14; ARC 6676C, IAB 11/16/22, effective …
R.489—4.6 Annual program report. The child advocacy board shall issue an annual report to the
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general assembly, the governor and the supreme court. The report shall provide information about the number of volunteers providing service through the court appointed special advocate program, the number of children served by the program, and the benefits children and their fami…
R.491—1.1 Function. The racing and gaming commission was created by Iowa Code chapter
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99D and is charged with the administration of the Iowa pari-mutuel wagering Act and excursion boat gambling Act, sports wagering, and internet fantasy sports contests. Iowa Code chapters 99D, 99E and 99F mandate that the commission shall have full jurisdiction over and shall supe…
R.491—1.2 Organization, meetings, and procedure
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1.2(1) Organization. a. The racing and gaming commission is located at 6200 Park Avenue, Suite 100, Des Moines, Iowa 50321; telephone 515.281.7352. Office hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. b. The racing and gaming commission consists of five members. The membe…
R.491—1.3 Administration of the commission. The commission shall appoint an administrator
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for the racing and gaming commission who is responsible for the day-to-day administration of the commission’s activities.
R.491—1.4 Open records. Except as provided in Iowa Code sections 17A.2(11)“f,” 22.7,
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99D.7(8), and 99F.4(6), all public records of the commission shall be available for public inspection during business hours. Requests to obtain records may be made by mail, telephone, or fax or in person. Minutes of commission meetings, forms, and other records routinely requeste…
R.491—1.5 Forms. All forms utilized in the conduct of business with the racing and gaming
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commission shall be available from the commission upon request. These forms include but are not limited to: 1.5(1) Racing, gambling structure, or excursion gambling boat license application. This form contains at a minimum the full name of the applicant, all ownership interests, …
R.491—1.6 Limitation on location and number of racetracks and excursion gambling boats
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Rescinded IAB 9/29/04, effective 11/3/04.
R.491—1.7 Criteria for granting licenses, renewing licenses, and determining race dates. The
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commission sets forth the following criteria which the commission will consider when deciding whether to issue a license to conduct racing or gaming or sports wagering in Iowa. The various criteria may not have the same importance in each instance, and other factors may present t…
R.491—1.8 Granting of a waiver. For purposes of this rule, a waiver means action by the
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commission that suspends in whole or in part the requirements or provisions of a rule as applied to an identified entity on the basis of the particular circumstances of that entity. 1.8(1) Scope of rule. This rule outlines generally applicable standards and a uniform process for …
R.491—10.1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the following
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definitions apply: “Administrator” means the administrator of the commission appointed under Iowa Code section 99D.6(2) or the administrator’s designee. “Age” means the age of a horse calculated from the first day of January of the year of foaling. “Allowance race” means an overn…
R.491—10.2 Facilities’ responsibilities
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10.2(1) Stalls. A facility must ensure racing animals are stabled in individual box stalls; that the stables and immediate surrounding area are maintained in approved sanitary condition at all times; that satisfactory drainage is provided; and that manure and other refuse are kep…
R.491—10.3 Facility policies. It is each occupational licensee’s affirmative responsibility and
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continuing duty to follow and comply with facility policies published in literature distributed by a facility, listed in the condition book, or posted in a conspicuous location. [ARC 0187D, IAB 4/1/26, effective 5/6/26]
R.491—10.4 Racing officials appointed or employed by the commission
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10.4(1) Stewards. There will be three stewards for each racing meet. Two stewards will be appointed or employed by the commission and one will be nominated by the facility under rule 491—10.5(99D), subject to commission approval. Facility nominees for the steward position, and bi…
R.491—10.5 Facility racing officials
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10.5(1) General description. A facility conducting a race meeting appoints at least the following officials: a. One of the members of the three-member board of stewards; b. Racing secretary; c. Assistant racing secretary; d. Paddock judge; e. Horse identifier; f. Starter; g. Cloc…
R.491—10.6 Trainers and assistant trainers
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10.6(1) Trainer responsibility. a. The trainer is responsible for: (1) The condition of horses entered in an official workout or race and, in the absence of substantial evidence to the contrary, for the presence of any prohibited drug, medication or other substance, including per…
R.491—10.7 Jockeys, apprentice jockeys, and jockey agents
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10.7(1) Jockey responsibility. a. A jockey shall give a best effort during a race, and each horse shall be ridden to win. b. A jockey cannot have a valet attendant except one provided and compensated by the facility. c. No person other than the licensed contract employer or a lic…
R.491—10.8 Conduct of races
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10.8(1) Horses ineligible. Any horse ineligible to be entered for a race, or ineligible to start in any race, that competes in that race may be disqualified and the stewards may discipline the persons responsible for the horse competing in that race. a. A horse is ineligible to e…
R.491—10.9 Medication and administration, sample collection, chemists, and practicing
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veterinarian. 10.9(1) Medication and administration. a. No horse, while participating in a race, may carry in its body any medication, drug, foreign substance, or metabolic derivative thereof, that is a narcotic or that could serve as a local anesthetic or tranquilizer or that co…
R.491—11.1 Definitions
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“Administrator” means the administrator of the racing and gaming commission or the administrator’s designee. “Coin” means tokens, nickels, and quarters of legal tender. “Commission” means the racing and gaming commission. “Currency” means any coin or paper money of legal tender a…
R.491—11.10 Slot machine hardware and software specifications
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11.10(1) Hardware specifications. a. Electrical and mechanical parts and design principles shall not subject players to physical hazards. b. The battery backup, or an equivalent, for the electronic meters must be capable of maintaining accuracy of all required information for 30 …
R.491—11.11 Slot machine specifications. Rescinded IAB 8/12/09, effective 9/16/09
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R.491—11.12 Progressive slot machines
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11.12(1) Meter required. A progressive machine is a slot machine game with an award amount that increases based on a function of credits bet on the slot machine and that is awarded when a particular configuration of symbols or events is displayed on the slot machine. Random event…
R.491—11.13 Licensing of manufacturers and distributors of gambling games or implements of
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gambling. 11.13(1) Impact on gambling. In considering whether a manufacturer or distributor applicant will be licensed or a specific product will be distributed, the administrator shall give due consideration to the economic impact of the applicant’s product, the willingness of a…
R.491—11.2 Conduct of all gambling games
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11.2(1) Commission policy. It is the policy of the commission to require that all facilities conduct gambling games in a manner suitable to protect the public health, safety, morals, good order, and general welfare of the state. Responsibility for the employment and maintenance o…
R.491—11.3 Gambling games approved by the commission. The commission may approve a
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gambling game by administrative rule, resolution, or motion.
R.491—11.4 Approval for distribution, operation, or movement of gambling games and
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implements of gambling. 11.4(1) Approval. Prior to distribution, a distributor shall request that the administrator inspect, investigate, and approve a gambling game or implement of gambling for compliance with commission rules and the standards required by a commission-designate…
R.491—11.5 Gambling games authorized
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11.5(1) Craps, roulette, twenty-one (blackjack), baccarat, big six and poker are authorized as table games. The administrator is authorized to approve multiplayer electronic devices simulating these games, subject to the requirements of rule 491—11.4(99F) and subrule 11.5(3). 11.…
R.491—11.6 Gambling game-based tournaments
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11.6(1) Proposals. Proposals for terms, game rules, entry fees, prizes, dates, and procedures must be submitted in writing and approved by a commission representative before a facility conducts any tournament. Any changes to approved tournaments must be submitted to the commissio…
R.491—11.7 Table game requirements
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11.7(1) Devices that determine or affect the outcome of wagers or are used in the collection of wagers on table games are subject to the requirements of rule 491—11.4(99F) and subrule 11.5(3). Additionally, software used in the conduct of table games is subject to the following r…