35D.1 - PURPOSE OF HOME -- DEFINITIONS.
35D.1 PURPOSE OF HOME -- DEFINITIONS.
1. The Iowa veterans home, located in Marshalltown, shall be
maintained as a long-term health care facility providing multiple
levels of care, with attendant health care services, for honorably
discharged veterans and their dependent spouses and for surviving
spouses of honorably discharged veterans. Eligibility requirements
for admission to the Iowa veterans home shall coincide with the
eligibility requirements for hospitalization in a United States
department of veterans affairs facility pursuant to 38 U.S.C. § 1710,
and regulations promulgated under that section, as amended.
2. As used in this chapter:
a. "Commandant" means the commandant of the Iowa veterans
home appointed pursuant to section 35D.13.
b. "Commission" means the commission of veterans affairs
established in section 35A.2.
c. "Member" means a patient or resident of the home. Section History: Early Form
[C97, § 2601, 2602, 2606; S13, § 2601, 2602, 2606; SS15, § 2606;
C24, 27, 31, 35, § 3366, 3367; C39, § 3384.01; C46, 50, 54, 58,
62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 219.1] Section History: Recent Form
84 Acts, ch 1277, § 1; 92 Acts, ch 1140, § 22
C93, § 35D.1
2009 Acts, ch 26, §5
Referred to in § 35D.2