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135O.1 - DEFINITIONS.



        135O.1  DEFINITIONS.
         For the purposes of this chapter unless the context otherwise
      requires:
         1.  "Boarding home" means a premises used by its owner or
      lessee for the purpose of letting rooms for rental to three or more
      persons not related within the third degree of consanguinity to the
      owner or lessee where supervision or assistance with activities of
      daily living is provided to such persons.  A boarding home does not
      include a facility, home, or program otherwise subject to licensure
      or regulation by the department of human services, department of
      inspections and appeals, or department of public health.
         2.  "Department" means the department of inspections and
      appeals.
         3.  "Premises" means the same as defined in section 562A.6.
         Section History: Recent Form
         2009 Acts, ch 136, §3