235B.4 - LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
235B.4 LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
The general assembly finds and declares that a central registry is
required to provide a single source for the statewide collection,
maintenance, and dissemination of dependent adult abuse information.
Such a registry is imperative for increased effectiveness in dealing
with the problem of dependent adult abuse. The general assembly also
finds that vigorous protection of rights of individual privacy is an
indispensable element of a fair and effective system of collecting,
maintaining, and disseminating dependent adult abuse information.
The purposes of this section and sections 235B.5 to 235B.13 are to
facilitate the identification of victims or potential victims of
dependent adult abuse by making available a single, statewide source
of dependent adult abuse data; to facilitate research on dependent
adult abuse by making available a single, statewide source of
dependent adult abuse data; and to provide maximum safeguards against
the unwarranted invasions of privacy which such a registry might
otherwise entail. Section History: Recent Form
91 Acts, ch 231, §4
Referred to in § 235E.4