Statutes > Iowa Statutes > Title 6 - Human Services > Subtitle 4 - Elders > CHAPTER 231B - ELDER GROUP HOMES > 231B.16 - COORDINATION OF THE LONG-TERM CARE SYSTEM -- TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS.

231B.16 - COORDINATION OF THE LONG-TERM CARE SYSTEM -- TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS.

        231B.16  COORDINATION OF THE LONG-TERM CARE SYSTEM --
      TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS.
         1.  A hospital licensed pursuant to chapter 135B, a health care
      facility licensed pursuant to chapter 135C, an assisted living
      program certified pursuant to chapter 231C, or an adult day services
      program certified pursuant to chapter 231D may operate an elder group
      home, if the elder group home is certified pursuant to this chapter.

         2.  This chapter shall not be construed to require that a facility
      licensed as a different type of facility also comply with the
      requirements of this chapter, unless the facility is represented to
      the public as an elder group home.
         3.  A certified elder group home that complies with the
      requirements of this chapter shall not be required to be licensed or
      certified as a different type of facility, unless the elder group
      home is represented to the public as another type of facility.
         Section History: Recent Form
         2005 Acts, ch 62, §16