35D.14A - VOLUNTEER RECORD CHECKS.
35D.14A VOLUNTEER RECORD CHECKS.
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 section. The Iowa veterans home shall request
that the department of public safety perform the criminal history
check and the department of human services perform child and
dependent adult abuse record checks of the person in this state and
may request these checks in other states.
2. a. If it is determined that a person has been convicted of
a crime under a law of any state or has a record of founded child or
dependent adult abuse, the person shall not participate as a
volunteer with direct individual contact with patients or residents
of the Iowa veterans home unless an evaluation has been performed by
the department of human services to determine whether the crime or
founded child or dependent adult abuse warrants prohibition of the
person's participation as a volunteer in the Iowa veterans home. The
department of human services shall perform such evaluation upon the
request of the Iowa veterans home.
b. In an evaluation, the department of human services shall
consider the nature and seriousness of the crime or founded child or
dependent adult abuse in relation to the position sought or held, the
time elapsed since the commission of the crime or founded child or
dependent adult abuse, the circumstances under which the crime or
founded child or dependent adult abuse was committed, the degree of
rehabilitation, the likelihood that the person will commit the crime
or founded child or dependent adult abuse again, and the number of
crimes or founded child or dependent adult abuses committed by the
person involved.
c. If the department of human services performs an evaluation
for the purposes of this section, the department of human services
has final authority in determining whether prohibition of the
person's participation as a volunteer is warranted. The department
of human services may permit a person who is evaluated to participate
as a volunteer if the person complies with the department's
conditions relating to participation as a volunteer which may include
completion of additional training. Section History: Recent Form
2009 Acts, ch 93, §1