Terms Used In Iowa Code 218.45

  • Department: means the department of health and human services. See Iowa Code 249L.2
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
 Quarterly conferences of the superintendents of the institutions shall be held with the director at Des Moines or at institutions under the director’s jurisdiction, for the consideration of all matters relative to the management of the institutions. Full minutes of the conferences shall be preserved in the records of the department. The director may cause papers on appropriate subjects to be prepared and presented at the conferences.