155.1 - DEFINITIONS.
155.1 DEFINITIONS.
For the purposes of this chapter, and as used herein:
1. "Board" means the board of nursing home administrators
established in chapter 147.
2. "Nursing home administrator" means a person who
administers, manages, supervises, or is in general administrative
charge of a nursing home whether or not such individual has an
ownership interest in such home and whether or not the individual's
functions and duties are shared with one or more individuals. A
member of a board of directors, unless also serving in a supervisory
or managerial capacity, shall not be considered a nursing home
administrator.
3. "Nursing home" means an institution or facility, or part
of an institution or facility, whether proprietary or nonprofit,
licensed as a nursing facility, but not including an intermediate
care facility for persons with mental retardation or an intermediate
care facility for persons with mental illness, defined as such for
licensing purposes under state law or administrative rule adopted
pursuant to section 135C.2, including but not limited to, a nursing
home owned or administered by the federal or state government or an
agency or political subdivision of government. Section History: Early Form
[C71, 73, 75, § 147.118; C77, 79, 81, § 135E.1] Section History: Recent Form
83 Acts, ch 206, § 8; 87 Acts, ch 194, § 2; 90 Acts, ch 1039, §
12; 90 Acts, ch 1204, § 18
C93, § 155.1
96 Acts, ch 1129, § 113; 2007 Acts, ch 10, §151