231D.2 - PURPOSE -- RULES.
231D.2 PURPOSE -- RULES.
1. The purpose of this chapter is to promote and encourage
adequate and safe care for adults with functional impairments.
2. The department shall establish, by rule in accordance with
chapter 17A, a program for certification and monitoring of and
complaint investigations related to adult day services programs. The
department, in establishing minimum standards for adult day services
programs, may adopt by rule in accordance with chapter 17A,
nationally recognized standards for adult day services programs. The
rules shall include specification of recognized accrediting entities.
The rules shall include a requirement that sufficient staffing be
available at all times to fully meet a participant's identified
needs. The rules shall include a requirement that no fewer than two
staff persons who monitor participants as indicated in each
participant's service plan shall be awake and on duty during the
hours of operation when two or more participants are present. The
rules and minimum standards adopted shall be formulated in
consultation with affected state agencies and affected industry,
professional, and consumer groups and shall be designed to accomplish
the purpose of this chapter.
3. The department may establish by administrative rule, in
accordance with chapter 17A, specific rules related to minimum
standards for dementia-specific adult day services programs. The
rules shall be formulated in consultation with affected state
agencies and affected industry, professional, and consumer groups.
Section History: Recent Form
2003 Acts, ch 165, §2; 2005 Acts, ch 61, §2, 17; 2007 Acts, ch
215, §185, 186