217.13 - DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE CERTAIN VOLUNTEER SERVICES -- VOLUNTEER LIABILITY.
217.13 DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE CERTAIN VOLUNTEER
SERVICES -- VOLUNTEER LIABILITY.
1. The department of human services shall establish volunteer
programs designed to enhance the services provided by the department.
Roles for volunteers may include but shall not be limited to parent
aides, friendly visitors, commodity distributors, clerical
assistants, medical transporters, and other functions to complement
and supplement the department's work with clients. Roles for
volunteers shall include conservators and guardians. The department
shall adopt rules for programs which are established.
2. a. The director shall appoint a coordinator of volunteer
services to oversee the provision of services of volunteer
conservators and guardians on a volunteer basis to individuals in
this state requiring such services. The coordinator, after
consulting with personnel assigned to the district of the department,
shall recommend to the director how best to serve the needs of
individuals in need of the services of a guardian or conservator.
Where possible, the coordinator shall recommend that the services be
provided on a multicounty basis.
b. The coordinator shall cooperate with the administrators of
the divisions of the department in providing these services and shall
seek out alternative sources for providing the services required
under this section.
3. All volunteers registered with the department and in
compliance with departmental rules are considered state employees for
purposes of chapter 669. However, this section does not except a
conservator or guardian from an action brought under section 658.1A
or 658.3. This section does not relieve a guardian or conservator
from duties under chapter 633. Section History: Recent Form
88 Acts, ch 1170, §1; 2005 Acts, ch 175, §91