1.  Unless authorized as provided in subsection 2, a sex offender shall not be an employee of a facility providing services for dependent adults or at events where dependent adults participate in programming and shall not loiter on the premises or grounds of a facility or at an event providing such services or programming.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 692A.115

  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Employee: means an offender who is self-employed, employed by another, and includes a person working under contract, or acting or serving as a volunteer, regardless of whether the self-employment, employment by another, or volunteerism is performed for compensation. See Iowa Code 692A.101
  • Employment: means acting as an employee. See Iowa Code 692A.101
  • Loiter: means remaining in a place or circulating around a place under circumstances that would warrant a reasonable person to believe that the purpose or effect of the behavior is to enable a sex offender to become familiar with a location where a potential victim may be found, or to satisfy an unlawful sexual desire, or to locate, lure, or harass a potential victim. See Iowa Code 692A.101
  • Sex offender: means a person who is required to be registered under this chapter. See Iowa Code 692A.101
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
 2. An adult sex offender who is a patient or resident of a health care facility as defined in section 135C.1, a participant in a medical assistance program home and community-based services waiver program, or a participant in a medical assistance state plan employment services as part of the participant’s habilitation plan shall not be considered to be in violation of subsection 1.