1. Any of the following circumstances disqualifies a monitor from inspecting a particular assisted living program under this chapter:

 a. The monitor currently works or, within the past two years, has worked as an employee or employment agency staff at the program, or as an officer, consultant, or agent for the program to be monitored.
 b. The monitor has any financial interest or any ownership interest in the program. For purposes of this paragraph, indirect ownership, such as through a broad-based mutual fund, does not constitute financial or ownership interest.
 c. The monitor has an immediate family member who has a relationship with the program as described in paragraph “a” or “b”.
 d. The monitor has an immediate family member who currently resides in the program.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 231C.3A

  • Assisted living: includes the provision of housing and assistance with instrumental activities of daily living only if personal care or health-related care is also included. See Iowa Code 231C.2
  • Child: includes but shall not be limited to a stepchild, foster child, or legally adopted child and means a child actually or apparently under eighteen years of age, and a dependent person eighteen years of age or over who is unable to maintain the person's self and is likely to become a public charge. See Iowa Code 252A.2
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • program: means an entity that provides assisted living. See Iowa Code 231C.2
 2. For purposes of this section, “immediate family member” means a husband or wife; natural or adoptive parent, child, or sibling; stepparent, stepchild, or stepsibling; father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; or grandparent or grandchild.
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