Title I, STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT (Ch. 1 - 38D)

1. Persons who are potential volunteers or volunteers in the Iowa veterans home in a position having direct individual contact with patients or residents of the home shall be subject to criminal history and child and dependent adult abuse record checks in accordance with this sec…

1. The commandant shall administer and enforce all rules adopted by the commission, including rules of discipline and, subject to these rules, may immediately suspend the membership of and discharge any person from the home for infraction of the rules when the department determin…

The department shall, biennially, make a full and detailed report to the governor, the commission, and the general assembly, showing the condition of the home, the number of members in the Iowa veterans home, the order and discipline enforced, and the needs of the home financiall…

1. The Iowa veterans home shall operate on the basis of a net appropriation from the general fund of the state. The appropriation amount shall be the net amount of state moneys projected to be needed for the Iowa veterans home for the fiscal year of the appropriation. The purpose…

1. Persons described in section 35D.1 who are disabled by disease, injury, or old age, and who meet the qualifications for nursing or residential care, and who are unable to earn a livelihood, and who are residents of the state of Iowa on the date of the application and immediate…

The commission shall adopt all the necessary rules, pursuant to chapter 17A , for the preservation of order and enforcement of discipline, the promotion of health and well-being of all the members and the management and control of the home and its grounds. [C97, §2602; C24, 27, 3…

1. When a married person is or becomes a member of the home, the spouse, if married to the person for at least one year and otherwise eligible under this chapter , may be admitted as a member of the home subject to the rules of the home. Veteran and spouse members may be permitte…

If a deceased veteran, who would be entitled to admission to the home if the deceased veteran were living, has left a surviving spouse, the spouse is entitled to admission to the home with the same rights, privileges, and benefits as if the veteran were living and a member of the…

1. Except as otherwise provided in chapter 249A and other provisions of this chapter , a member of the home who receives a pension, compensation, or gratuity from the United States government, or income from any source of more than one hundred forty dollars per month, shall contr…

A member of the home does not acquire residency in the county in which the home is located unless the member is voluntarily or involuntarily discharged from the home and the member meets county of residence requirements. For purposes of this section , “county of residence” means …