Iowa § 217.44 Department offices — employee and volunteer record checks

Iowa Statutes

§ 217.44 — Department offices — employee and volunteer record checks

Iowa § 217.44

Title VIHUMAN SERVICES

Ch. 217DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

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Iowa Code § 217.44 (2026).

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1.The record check evaluation system of the department shall conduct criminal and child and dependent adult abuse record checks of persons who are potential employees, employees, potential volunteers, and volunteers in department offices in a position having direct contact with the department’s clients. The record checks shall be performed in this state and the record check evaluation system may conduct these checks in other states. If the record check evaluation system determines that a person has been convicted of a crime or has a record of founded child or dependent adult abuse, the record check evaluation system shall perform an evaluation to determine whether the crime or founded abuse warrants prohibition of the person’s employment or participation as a volunteer. The record checks

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1. The record check evaluation system of the department shall conduct criminal and
child and dependent adult abuse record checks of persons who are potential employees,
employees, potential volunteers, and volunteers in department offices in a position having
direct contact with the department’s clients. The record checks shall be performed in this
state and the record check evaluation system may conduct these checks in other states. If the
record check evaluation system determines that a person has been convicted of a crime or

has a record of founded child or dependent adult abuse, the record check evaluation system
shall perform an evaluation to determine whether the crime or founded abuse warrants
prohibition of the person’s employment or participation as a volunteer. The record checks
and evaluation shall be performed in accordance with procedures adopted for this purpose
by the department.
2. In an evaluation, the record check evaluation system shall consider the nature and
seriousness of the crime or founded child or dependent adult abuse in relation to the position
sought or held, the time elapsed since the commission of the crime or founded abuse, the
circumstances under which the crime or founded abuse was committed, the degree of
rehabilitation, the likelihood that the person will commit the crime or founded abuse again,
and the number of crimes or founded abuses committed by the person involved.
3. The record check evaluation system may permit a person who is evaluated to be
employed or to participate as a volunteer if the person complies with the record check
evaluation system’s conditions relating to employment or participation as a volunteer which
may include completion of additional training.
4. Iftherecordcheckevaluationsystemdeterminesthatthepersonhascommittedacrime
or has a record of founded child or dependent adult abuse which warrants prohibition of
employmentorparticipationasavolunteer,thepersonshallnotbeemployedbyorparticipate
as a volunteer in a department office in a position having direct contact with the department’s
clients.