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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1.“Child” or “children” means an individual or individuals under eighteen years of age.
2.“Children’s residential facility” means a private facility designed to serve children who
have been voluntarily placed for reasons other than an exclusively recreational activity
outside of their home by a parent or legal guardian and who are not under the custody or
authority of the department, juvenile court, or another governmental agency, that provides
twenty-four-hour care, including food, lodging, supervision, education, or other care on a
full-time basis by a person other than a relative or guardian of the child, but does not include
an entity providing any of the following:
a.Care furnished by an individual who receives the chi
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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Child” or “children” means an individual or individuals under eighteen years of age.
2. “Children’s residential facility” means a private facility designed to serve children who
have been voluntarily placed for reasons other than an exclusively recreational activity
outside of their home by a parent or legal guardian and who are not under the custody or
authority of the department, juvenile court, or another governmental agency, that provides
twenty-four-hour care, including food, lodging, supervision, education, or other care on a
full-time basis by a person other than a relative or guardian of the child, but does not include
an entity providing any of the following:
a. Care furnished by an individual who receives the child of a personal friend as an
occasional and personal guest in the individual’s home, free of charge and not as a business.
b. Care furnished by an individual with whom a child has been placed for lawful adoption,
unless that adoption is not completed within two years after placement.
c. Child care furnished by a child care facility as defined in section 237A.1.
d. Care furnished in a hospital licensed under chapter 135B or care furnished in a health
care facility as defined in section 135C.1.
e. Care furnished by a juvenile detention home or juvenile shelter care home approved
under section 232.142.
f. Care furnished by a child foster care licensee or approved kinship caregiver under
chapter 237.
g. Care furnished by an institution listed in section 218.1.
h. Care furnished by a facility licensed under chapter 125.
i. Care furnished by a psychiatric medical institution for children licensed under chapter
135H.
j. Care furnished to persons sixteen years of age and older by a residential program to
which the department applies accreditation, certification, or standards of review under the
provisions of a federally approved medical assistance home and community-based services
waiver, or other provision of the medical assistance program.
3. “Department” means the department of health and human services.
4. “Director” means the director of health and human services.
5. “Protective locked environment” means a setting that prevents egress from a building
or grounds as a protective measure to ensure safety and security.