§ 237A.3A — Child development homes

Iowa § 237A.3A

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title VI: HUMAN SERVICES
• Ch. 237A: CHILD CARE FACILITIES

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7. “Children needing special needs care” or “special needs child” means a child or children
with one or more of the following conditions:
a. The child has been diagnosed by a physician or by a person endorsed for service as a
school psychologist by the department of education to have a developmental disability which
substantially limits one or more major life activities, and the child requires professional
treatment, assistance in self-care, or the purchase of special adaptive equipment.
b. The child has been determined by a qualified intellectual disability professional to have
a condition which impairs the child’s intellectual and social functioning.
c. The child has been diagnosed by a mental health professional to have a behavioral
or emotional disorder characterized by situationally inappropriate behavior which deviates
substantially from behavior appropriate to the child’s age, or which significantly interferes
with the child’s intellectual, social, or personal development.
8. “Department” means the department of health and human services.
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9. “Director” means the director of health and human services.
10. “Infant” means a child who is less than twenty-four months of age.
11. “Involvement with child care” means licensed or registered under this chapter,
employed in a child care facility, residing in a child care facility, receiving public funding for
providing child care, or providing child care as a child care home provider, or residing in
a child care home.
12. “Licensedcenter”meansacenterissuedafullorprovisionallicensebythedepartment
under the provisions of this chapter or a center for which a license is being processed.
13. “Poverty level” means the poverty level defined by the most recently revised poverty
income guidelines published by the United States department of health and human services.
14. “Preschool” means a child care facility which provides to children ages three through
five, for periods of time not exceeding three hours per day, programs designed to help the
children to develop intellectual skills, social skills, and motor skills, and to extend their
interest and understanding of the world about them.
15. “School” means kindergarten or a higher grade level.

Legislative History

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §237A.1; 82 Acts, ch 1213, §1 – 3]