Title VI, HUMAN SERVICES (Ch. 216 - 255A)

1. A state child care assistance program is established in the department to assist children in families who meet eligibility guidelines and are described by any of the following circumstances: a. The child’s parent, guardian, or custodian is participating in approved academic, v…

1. At the time of a twelve-month eligibility redetermination for a family receiving state child care assistance, the family shall remain eligible to receive child care assistance, subject to the graduated eligibility phase-out program as specified in subsection 2 , if either of t…

1. A person who establishes, conducts, manages, or operates a center without a license commits a serious misdemeanor. Each day of continuing violation after conviction, or notice from the department by certified mail of the violation, shall be considered a separate offense. 2. If…

1. A person shall not establish or operate a child care center without obtaining a license under the provisions of this chapter . A center may operate for a specified period of time, to be established by rule of the department, if application for a license has been made. If the d…

A person who establishes, conducts, manages, or operates a center without a license or a child development home without a certificate of registration, if registration is required under section 237A.3A , may be restrained by temporary or permanent injunction. A person who has been…

1. The department shall develop consumer information material to assist parents in selecting a child care provider. In developing the material, the department shall consult with department staff, department of education staff, the early childhood Iowa state board, and child care …

1. The department shall administer the funding for a statewide grant program for child care resource and referral services. Grants shall only be awarded to community-based nonprofit incorporated agencies and public agencies. Grants shall be awarded to facilitate the establishment…

1. State funds and federal funds provided to the state in accordance with federal requirements shall not be used to pay for the care, supervision, and guidance of a child for periods of less than twenty-four hours per day on a regular basis unless the care, supervision, and guida…

1. A person or program providing child care in a child care home is not required to register under section 237A.3A as a child development home. However, the person or program may register as a child development home. 2. If a person or program has been prohibited by the department…

1. The department shall work with the early childhood Iowa program established in section 256I.5 in designing and implementing a voluntary quality rating system for each provider type of child care facility. 2. The criteria utilized for the rating system may include but are not l…

1. The taxes imposed under chapter 422, subchapter II or III , the franchise tax imposed under chapter 422, subchapter V , the gross premiums tax under chapter 432 , or the moneys and credits tax imposed under section 533.329 shall be reduced by an employer child care tax credit …

1. Registration. a. A person shall not establish or operate a child development home unless the person obtains a certificate of registration. The department shall issue a certificate of registration upon receipt of a statement from the person or upon completion of an inspection c…

Smoking, as defined in section 142D.2 , shall not be permitted in a child care facility or child care home. 2008 Acts, ch 1084, §13

Each child care center, child care facility, child care home, and child development home shall include information regarding the exemptions and requirements for an exemption described in section 139A.8, subsection 4 , in any communication to the parent or guardian of a child that…

The department shall make periodic inspections of licensed centers to ensure compliance with licensing requirements provided in this chapter , and the local boards of health may make periodic inspections of licensed centers to ensure compliance with health-related licensing requi…

1. a. The department shall implement a regulatory fee for licensure of child care facilities. The fee requirements shall provide for tiered amounts based upon a child care facility’s capacity and a child development home’s regulatory category at the time of licensure. b. The regu…

1. a. All personnel in licensed or registered child care facilities shall have good health as evidenced by a report following a physical examination. b. An individual shall have received an initial physical examination within the six months immediately preceding the date the indi…

The department shall provide consultative services to a person applying for a license or registration, or licensed or registered under this chapter . [C75, 77, 79, 81, §237A.6 ] 2023 Acts, ch 19, §743 Referred to in §237A.4

1. Anyone who acquires through the administration of this chapter information relative to an individual in a child care facility or to a relative of the individual shall not, directly or indirectly, disclose the information except upon inquiry before a court of law or with the wr…

The department, after notice and opportunity for an evidentiary hearing before the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing, may suspend or revoke a license or certificate of registration issued under this chapter or may reduce a license to a provisional license if the p…

As used in this chapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Child” or “children” means an individual or individuals under eighteen years of age. 2. “Children’s residential facility” means a private facility designed to serve children who have been voluntarily placed for …

The procedure governing notice and hearing to deny an application or suspend or revoke a certificate of approval shall be in accordance with rules adopted by the department. 2016 Acts, ch 1114, §10

It is the policy of this state to provide appropriate protection for children who are separated from the direct personal care of their parents, relatives, or guardians and, therefore, the purpose of this chapter is to provide for the development, establishment, and enforcement of…

1. The department shall consult with the department of education and the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing, and other agencies as determined by the department to establish certification standards for children’s residential facilities in accordance with this chapte…

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section , the department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to administer this chapter . 2. Before the department issues or reissues a certificate of approval to a children’s residential facility under section 237C.6 , the facility s…

A person shall not operate a children’s residential facility without a certificate of approval to operate issued by the department under this chapter . 2016 Acts, ch 1114, §5 ; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §755

1. A person shall apply for a certificate to operate a children’s residential facility by completing and submitting to the department an application in a form and format approved by the department. The department shall issue or reissue a certificate of approval if the department …

A children’s residential facility shall operate only in a building or on premises designated in the certificate of approval. 2016 Acts, ch 1114, §7

The department may require submission of reports by a certificate of approval holder and shall cause at least one annual unannounced inspection of a children’s residential facility to assess compliance with applicable requirements and standards. The inspections shall be conducted…

1. A person who establishes, conducts, manages, or operates a children’s residential facility without a certificate of approval required pursuant to this chapter , or a children’s residential facility with a certificate of approval that is not operating in compliance with rules a…

For the purpose of this chapter unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Child” means the same as defined in section 234.1 . 2. “Child-placing agency” or “agency” means any agency, whether public, semipublic, or private, which represents that the agency places children permanen…

The department may, after due notice and hearing, revoke the license if any of the following applies: 1. The licensee violates any provision of this chapter . 2. When the agency is maintained in such a way as to waste or misuse funds contributed by the public or without due regar…

Written charges against the licensee shall be served upon the licensee at least ten days before a hearing on the charges and a written copy of the findings and decisions of the department following the hearing shall be served upon the licensee in the manner prescribed for the ser…

1. A licensee aggrieved by a decision of the department revoking the licensee’s license may appeal to the department in the manner prescribed by the department. The department shall, upon receipt of such an appeal, give the licensee reasonable notice and opportunity for a fair he…

The department shall prescribe general regulations and rules for the conduct of child-placing agencies as necessary to effect the purposes of this chapter and of all other applicable laws of the state relating to children, and to safeguard the well-being of children placed or car…

1. The department shall prescribe forms for the registration and record of children cared for by any child-placing agency licensed under this chapter and for reports required by the department from the agencies. 2. If, for any reason, a child-placing agency ceases to exist, all r…

1. A child-placing agency licensed under this chapter shall maintain a record and make reports in the form prescribed by the department. 2. For a child being placed by the agency, the agency’s duties shall include compliance with the requirements of section 232.108 relating to vi…

Authorized employees of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing may inspect the premises and conditions of the agency at any time, examine every part of the agency, and inquire into all matters concerning the agency and the children in the care of the agency. [S13, …

Authorized employees of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing shall visit and inspect the premises of licensed child-placing agencies at least once every twelve months and make and preserve written reports of the conditions found. [C27, 31, 35, §3661-a77; C39, § 3…

Authorized agents of the local board of health in whose jurisdiction a licensed child-placing agency is located may make inspection of the premises. [C27, 31, 35, §3661-a78; C39, § 3661.092; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §238.21 ] 90 Acts, ch 1204, §57

A licensee shall provide all reasonable information to inspectors authorized under this chapter and afford the inspectors every reasonable means for obtaining pertinent information. [C27, 31, 35, §3661-a79; C39, § 3661.093; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §238.22…

Annual report. Repealed by 2002 Acts, ch 1102, §8 .

1. Except as authorized by this section , a person who acquires under this chapter or from the records provided for in this chapter , information relative to any agency, individual cared for by the agency, or relative of the individual, shall not directly or indirectly disclose t…

The department may grant a license under this chapter for the period specified in section 238.9 for the operation of a child-placing agency in this state. [C27, 31, 35, §3661-a60; C39, § 3661.074; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §238.3 ] 2002 Acts, ch 1102, §5 ; …

Reports as to placements. Repealed by 97 Acts, ch 99, §10 .

The department shall ensure that each licensed child-placing agency maintains proper standards, and may at any time cause the child and home in which the child has been placed to be visited by the director’s agents for the purpose of ascertaining whether the home is suitable for …