Iowa Code 10A.702 – Responsibilities
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The director shall coordinate the department‘s conduct of various inspections and investigations as otherwise provided by law including, but not limited to, all of the following:
1. Investigations relative to the standards and practices of hospitals, hospices, and health care facilities.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 10A.702
- Child: includes child by adoption. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Department: means the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing. See Iowa Code 10A.101
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- Director: means the director of inspections, appeals, and licensing. See Iowa Code 10A.101
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Health care facility: means health care facility as defined in section 135C. See Iowa Code 10A.711
- Hospital: means hospital as defined in section 135B. See Iowa Code 10A.711
2. Inspections and other licensing procedures relative to the hospice program, hospitals, and health care facilities. The department is designated as the sole licensing authority for these programs and facilities.
3. Inspections relative to hospital and health care facility construction projects.
4. Inspections of child foster care facilities and private institutions for the care of dependent, neglected, and delinquent children.