155.2 - COMPOSITION OF BOARD.
155.2 COMPOSITION OF BOARD.
1. There is established a board of nursing home administrators
which shall consist of nine members appointed by the governor subject
to confirmation by the senate as follows:
a. Four members shall be licensed nursing home
administrators, one of whom shall be an administrator of a
nonproprietary nursing home.
b. Three members shall be persons who are licensed members of
any of the professions concerned with the care and treatment of
chronically ill or elderly patients, who are not nursing home
administrators or nursing home owners.
c. Two members who are not licensed nursing home
administrators or are not licensed persons under this chapter and
chapter 147 and who shall represent the general public. The members
shall be interested in the problems of elderly patients and nursing
home care, but shall have no financial interest in any nursing home.
2. The board shall be within the Iowa department of public health
for administrative purposes. The department shall furnish the board
with the necessary facilities and employees to perform the duties
required by this chapter, but shall be reimbursed for all costs
incurred from funds appropriated to the board.
3. A licensed member shall be actively engaged in the practice of
the member's profession and shall have been so engaged for five years
preceding the appointment, the last two of which shall have been in
Iowa. Professional societies composed of licensed members may
recommend the names of potential board members to the governor, but
the governor shall not be bound by the recommendations.
4. A board member shall not be required to be a member of any
professional association or society composed of nursing home
administrators or any licensed profession.
5. Appointments shall be for three-year terms and shall commence
and end as provided in section 69.19. Vacancies shall be filled for
the unexpired term by appointment of the governor and are subject to
senate confirmation. Members shall serve no more than three terms or
nine years, whichever is least. Section History: Early Form
[C71, 73, 75, § 147.119; C77, 79, 81, § 135E.2] Section History: Recent Form
C93, § 155.2
2007 Acts, ch 10, §152; 2009 Acts, ch 133, §62
Confirmation, see § 2.32
See also §147.12--147.14, 147.16, 147.19, 147.20