135C.20A - REPORT CARDS -- FACILITY INSPECTIONS -- COMPLAINT PROCEDURES -- AVAILABILITY TO PUBLIC -- ELECTRONIC ACCESS.
135C.20A REPORT CARDS -- FACILITY INSPECTIONS --
COMPLAINT PROCEDURES -- AVAILABILITY TO PUBLIC -- ELECTRONIC
ACCESS.
1. The department shall develop and utilize a report card system
for the recording of the findings of any inspection of a health care
facility. The report card shall include but is not limited to a
summary of the findings of the inspection, any violation found, any
enforcement action taken including any citations issued and penalties
assessed, any actions taken to correct violations or deficiencies,
and the nature and status of any action taken with respect to any
uncorrected violation for which a citation was issued.
2. The report card form shall be developed by the department in
cooperation with representatives of the department on aging, the
state long-term care resident's advocate, representatives of resident
advocate committees, representatives of protection and advocacy
entities, consumers, and other interested persons.
3. The department shall make any completed report cards
electronically accessible to the public, on a monthly basis, and
shall compile the report cards on an annual basis and make the
compilation electronically accessible to the public. The annual
compilation shall also be available at the office of the department
at the seat of government and shall be available to the public by
mail, upon request and at the department's expense.
4. In addition to the monthly and annual compilations, the
department shall provide compilations of the report cards on a
cumulative basis. The cumulative compilation shall reflect the
report cards of health care facilities during the four- year period
prior to the production of the cumulative compilation. The
cumulative compilation shall be applicable to a particular health
care facility as a four-year report card history of that facility
becomes available. The cumulative compilation shall be available to
the public in the same manner as the annual compilation. Section History: Recent Form
98 Acts, ch 1141, §1; 99 Acts, ch 129, §4; 2009 Acts, ch 23, §9
Referred to in §135C.20B