Terms Used In Iowa Code 218.12

  • Institution: means a birthing hospital. See Iowa Code 252A.2
  • property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • 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
 The administrator in charge of any particular institution shall require each officer and any employee of such administrator and of every institution under the administrator’s control who may be charged with the custody or control of any money or property belonging to the state to give an official bond, properly conditioned, and signed by sufficient sureties in a sum to be fixed by the administrator, which bond shall be approved by the administrator, and filed in the office of the secretary of state.