231.44 - RESIDENT ADVOCATE COMMITTEE -- DUTIES -- DISCLOSURE -- LIABILITY.
231.44 RESIDENT ADVOCATE COMMITTEE -- DUTIES --
DISCLOSURE -- LIABILITY.
1. The resident advocate committee volunteer program is
administered by the long-term care resident's advocate program.
2. The responsibilities of the resident advocate committee are in
accordance with the rules adopted by the commission pursuant to
chapter 17A. When adopting the rules, the commission shall consider
the needs of residents of elder group homes as defined in section
231B.1 and each category of licensed health care facility as defined
in section 135C.1, subsection 6, and the services each facility may
render. The commission shall coordinate the development of
appropriate rules with other state agencies.
3. A long-term care facility shall disclose the names, addresses,
and phone numbers of a resident's family members, if requested, to a
resident advocate committee member, unless permission for this
disclosure is refused in writing by a family member.
4. The state, any resident advocate committee member, and any
local long-term care resident's advocate are not liable for an action
undertaken by a resident advocate committee member or a local
long-term care resident's advocate in the performance of duty, if the
action is undertaken and carried out reasonably and in good faith.
Section History: Recent Form
86 Acts, ch 1245, § 1018
C87, § 249D.44
87 Acts, ch 70, §2; 88 Acts, ch 1068, §3
C93, § 231.44
94 Acts, ch 1170, §46; 99 Acts, ch 129, §14; 2003 Acts, ch 141,
§12; 2004 Acts, ch 1090, §13; 2005 Acts, ch 45, §12; 2009 Acts, ch
23, §31
Referred to in § 135C.25