Terms Used In Iowa Code > Chapter 135Q - Health Care Employment Agencies and Workers

• agency: means an agency that contracts with a health care entity in this state to provide agency workers for temporary or temporary-to-hire employee placements. See Iowa Code 135Q.1
• agency worker: means an individual who contracts with or is employed by a health care employment agency to provide nursing services to health care entity consumers. See Iowa Code 135Q.1
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Department: means the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing. See Iowa Code 154A.1
• Department: means the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing. See Iowa Code 135Q.1
• 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 entity: means a facility, agency, or program licensed or certified by the department or by the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services of the United States department of health and human services. See Iowa Code 135Q.1
• License: means a license issued by the state under this chapter to a hearing aid specialist. See Iowa Code 154A.1
• Managing entity: includes an individual who, directly or indirectly, holds a beneficial interest in a corporation, partnership, or other business entity that constitutes a managing entity. See Iowa Code 135Q.1
• Nursing services: includes services performed by a registered nurse, a licensed practical nurse, a certified nurse aide, a certified medication aide, a home health aide, a medication manager, or by noncertified or nonlicensed staff providing personal care as defined in section 231C. See Iowa Code 135Q.1
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: means a natural person. See Iowa Code 154A.1
• State: means a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See Iowa Code 152E.3
• United States: includes all the states. See Iowa Code 4.1
• year: means twelve consecutive months. See Iowa Code 4.1