Section 237C.1 - DefinitionsAs 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 facility licensed 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.3."Department" means the department of health and human services.4."Director" means the director of health and human services.Amended by 2023 Iowa, ch 19, s 751, eff. 7/1/2023.Added by 2016 Iowa, ch 1114, s 1, eff. 7/1/2016.